Hopper's Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.57588, -1.65706
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
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal 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
West Park Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WestLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 715Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
3,713 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,713 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummer
2026▾
Great Tit · Tree Sparrow · Blue Tit · Stock Dove · Chiffchaff +25
- Great TitParus major
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
7-spot Ladybird · Broad Centurion
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
🌿Plants7 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Red Dead-nettle · Scentless Mayweed · Spear Thistle · Gooseberry · Pendulous Sedge +2
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,713 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
springsummer
2026▾
Great Tit · Tree Sparrow · Blue Tit · Stock Dove · Chiffchaff +25
- Great TitParus major
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
7-spot Ladybird · Broad Centurion
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
🌿Plants7 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Red Dead-nettle · Scentless Mayweed · Spear Thistle · Gooseberry · Pendulous Sedge +2
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Horse-chestnut
Horse-chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum2023
Aesculus hippocastanum2023
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