Broadleaved woodland near Hardwick
5 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
54.57876, -1.34865
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
- 🅿️Hospital Public Car Park 239m away — 20 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Hospital Public Car Park 239m away — 20 car parks within reach
- £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
Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Tees to Tyne
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
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
Thornaby Trail LoopWalking route▾
Named routeRef Thornaby TrailRound tripLocal walking route
Thornaby Trail ConnectionsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
109 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Teesside Park AccessCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
8 Bridges Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 8 BridgesLocal cycle route
Portrack & Haverton Hill Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef PortrackLocal cycle route
Yarm - Preston ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Hardwick Dene and Elmtree Woods Nature Reserve
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Wildlife to spot
18,151 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,151 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Robin +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2024
Common Lizard · Yellow-bellied Slider
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens +1
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
False Oat-grass · Crested Dog's-tail · Tufted Hair-grass · Spear Thistle · Meadow Buttercup +63
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,151 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
winterspringautumn
2025▾
Blackbird · House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Goldfinch · Robin +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- MagpiePica pica
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TealAnas crecca
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Periparus ater britannicusPeriparus ater britannicus2024
Common Lizard · Yellow-bellied Slider
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Yellow-bellied SliderTrachemys scripta subsp. scripta
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · Volucella pellucens +1
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2024
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens2024
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
False Oat-grass · Crested Dog's-tail · Tufted Hair-grass · Spear Thistle · Meadow Buttercup +63
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
- Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
- Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas