High Wood - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
54.89929, -1.45444
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
- 🅿️Parking 434m away — 8 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
- 🅿️Parking 434m away — 8 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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South BentsWalking route▾
Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
91 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
86,236 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
86,236 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Mallard · Chaffinch · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TealAnas crecca
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
Syrphus · Orange Ladybird
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Primrose · Daisy +9
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
86,236 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Mallard · Chaffinch · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit +33
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TealAnas crecca
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
Syrphus · Orange Ladybird
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Primrose · Daisy +9
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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