Beacon Lough Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.93597, -1.56721
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 on site — 4 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 on site — 4 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
Named cycling route nearby: Angel Cycleway
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Heritage Trails: monumentWalking route▾
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Heritage Trails: WallWalking route▾
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Heritage Trails: cityWalking route▾
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Heritage TrailsWalking route▾
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147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
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Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
4,601 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,601 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Magpie +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Greater Horntail Wasp · 14-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
Ribwort Plantain · Rosebay Willowherb · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Thistle · Common Ragwort +13
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Marsh-marigold
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,601 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Magpie +17
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Greater Horntail Wasp · 14-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
Ribwort Plantain · Rosebay Willowherb · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Thistle · Common Ragwort +13
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Marsh-marigold
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Caltha palustris
Caltha palustris
ElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaBlack MedickMedicago lupulinaWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseRowanSorbus aucupariaRowanSorbus aucupariaAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaEvents & activities nearby
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