Broadleaved woodland near Heworth
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.94865, -1.55548
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
- 🅿️Heworth North (Long Stay) 300m away — 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
- 🅿️Heworth North (Long Stay) 300m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Paid
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: East Gateshead Cycleway
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional 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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166 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▾
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1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend DeneMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
5,491 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +15
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Volucella bombylans · Cheilosia illustrata · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sericomyia silentis · Red-legged Shieldbug +6
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Ribwort Plantain · Rosebay Willowherb · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Thistle · Elymus athericus x junceiformis = E. x obtusiusculus +84
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Elymus athericus x junceiformis = E. x obtusiusculusElymus athericus x junceiformis = E. x obtusiusculus
- Purple GlasswortSalicornia ramosissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,491 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
springsummer
2025▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +15
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
🐝Insects11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Volucella bombylans · Cheilosia illustrata · Marmalade Hoverfly · Sericomyia silentis · Red-legged Shieldbug +6
- Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
- Cheilosia illustrataCheilosia illustrata
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Ribwort Plantain · Rosebay Willowherb · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Thistle · Elymus athericus x junceiformis = E. x obtusiusculus +84
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Elymus athericus x junceiformis = E. x obtusiusculusElymus athericus x junceiformis = E. x obtusiusculus
- Purple GlasswortSalicornia ramosissima
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
