Broadleaved woodland near Benton
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.01533, -1.56157
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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
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 km9 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
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93 signed routes nearby
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Route 14Cycling route▾
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
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Cycle Route 6Cycling route▾
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9 signed routes nearby
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Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Waggonways Cycle Route A - Seaton BurnMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route B - Burradon and KillingworthMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route C - BackworthMountain bike route▾
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Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
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3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Northbound train on the ECML near Benton
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Wildlife to spot
28,219 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,219 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Gadwall · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose +38
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Daubenton's Bat · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Apion frumentarium +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Primrose · Alder · Common Dog-violet
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,219 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Mute Swan · Gadwall · Tufted Duck · Greylag Goose +38
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Common Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Daubenton's Bat · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel +1
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Apion frumentarium +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Primrose · Alder · Common Dog-violet
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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