Broadleaved woodland near Follingsby
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.93043, -1.51901
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 198m away — 6 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 198m away — 6 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
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
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational 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
88 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Harton Branch RouteMountain bike route▾
Marsden Quarry RouteMountain bike route▾
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Course of disused railway, Follingsby
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Wildlife to spot
2,393 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
2,393 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Goldfinch · Rock Dove · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +43
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Black Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,393 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Goldfinch · Rock Dove · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Robin +43
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Brown Hare · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Black Darter · Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly
Ischnura elegans
Ischnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumEvents & activities nearby
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