Broadleaved woodland near Palmersville
1 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.03535, -1.54722
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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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Reivers' Route
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
72 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
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
29,456 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
29,456 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Great Crested Grebe · Oystercatcher +28
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Apion frumentarium +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
🌿Plants3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bee Orchid · Alder · Common Dog-violet
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
29,456 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Great Crested Grebe · Oystercatcher +28
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Brown Rat
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · Apion frumentarium +6
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
- Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
🌿Plants3 species
winterspring
2026▾
Bee Orchid · Alder · Common Dog-violet
- Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridusBronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025