Willow Beds - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.57475, -1.67882
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
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £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 km2 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
Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Locomotion WayCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route7.3 km▾
Named routeRef 715Length 7.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 715Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route365 m▾
Named routeRef 715Length 365 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
Crop field towards Willow Beds Woodland
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Wildlife to spot
750 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
750 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw · Treecreeper +5
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Cow Parsley · Ivy · Common Field-speedwell · Brooklime · Rosa canina +98
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- IvyHedera helix
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
750 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Jackdaw · Treecreeper +5
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Cow Parsley · Ivy · Common Field-speedwell · Brooklime · Rosa canina +98
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- IvyHedera helix
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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