Wash Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
54.60914, -1.35706
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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 km1 signed route 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
85 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
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
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
West Stockton - TownCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
10,628 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,628 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon +23
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Festuca rubra · Tufted Vetch · Selfheal · Great Willowherb · Coltsfoot +86
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- CotoneasterCotoneaster
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,628 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren · Woodpigeon +23
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Festuca rubra · Tufted Vetch · Selfheal · Great Willowherb · Coltsfoot +86
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- CotoneasterCotoneaster
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas