Broadleaved woodland near Killingworth Village
6 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
55.02961, -1.56010
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Lakeside Centre 127m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️The Lakeside Centre 127m 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Blackett's Cutpublic footpath · 79 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 79 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Blackett's Cutpublic footpath · 648 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 648 mSurface gravelPath type: cycleway
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Waggonways Cycle Route A - Seaton BurnMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route B - Burradon and KillingworthMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route LinkMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route C - BackworthMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
29,007 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,007 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Tufted Duck +27
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GullLarus canus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird +4
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- 2-spot Ladybird
Daffodil · Bluebell · Ramsons · Alder
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,007 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Tufted Duck +27
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GullLarus canus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Cream-spot Ladybird +4
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- 2-spot Ladybird
Daffodil · Bluebell · Ramsons · Alder
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia bipunctata2025
Adalia bipunctata2025
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025