Broadleaved woodland near Rise Carr
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.54029, -1.56445
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 257m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 257m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barmpton & Little KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 2Round tripLocal walking route
Brafferton & Newton KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3Round tripLocal walking route
28 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Morton Park Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MortonLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
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Former Rise Carr Rolling Mills building
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Wildlife to spot
31,740 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,740 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Scathophaga · Eudasyphora cyanella +11
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Red Valerian · Hart's-Tongue · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Yew · Red Dead-nettle +22
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,740 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Jackdaw +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Scathophaga · Eudasyphora cyanella +11
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Red Valerian · Hart's-Tongue · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Yew · Red Dead-nettle +22
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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