Ellyhill Wood - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.54679, -1.51716
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
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
Named cycling route nearby: Haughton Road Route
Varies
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
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
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
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
13,241 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,241 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Rock Dove · Starling · Blue Tit +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Emerald Damselfly +5
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Ramsons
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,241 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · House Sparrow · Rock Dove · Starling · Blue Tit +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Roe Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Emerald Damselfly +5
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Ramsons
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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