Broadleaved woodland near Killingworth Village
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.03201, -1.55338
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 on site — 2 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 — 2 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
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Reivers Off Road Cycle Route
Varies
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 · 648 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 648 mSurface gravelPath type: cycleway
73 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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
27,634 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
27,634 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Coot · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Tufted Duck +28
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Apion frumentarium · Cream-spot Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Primrose · Alder
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,634 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Coot · Mute Swan · Great Crested Grebe · Tufted Duck +28
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common GullLarus canus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Apion frumentarium · Cream-spot Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged Shieldbug
Primrose · Alder
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pentatoma rufipes
Pentatoma rufipes
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025