Broadleaved woodland near Washington Village
2 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.90556, -1.52436
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
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· 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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Chester-le-Street Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route217 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
6,734 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,734 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow · Magpie · Blue Tit +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Phaonia subventa
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Garlic Mustard · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Bluebell · Ribwort Plantain · Holly +11
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,734 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Starling · House Sparrow · Magpie · Blue Tit +30
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Phaonia subventa
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Phaonia subventaPhaonia subventa
Garlic Mustard · Garden Grape-hyacinth · Bluebell · Ribwort Plantain · Holly +11
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
- Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2025
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- ElderSambucus nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025Bush VetchVicia sepium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Silver BirchBetula pendula2024Events & activities nearby
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