Broadleaved woodland near Backworth
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐴Horses
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.05151, -1.53440
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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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stride out walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
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42 signed routes nearby
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Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
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Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Valley lineCycling route▾
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East lineCycling route▾
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Nelson lineCycling route▾
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Coast lineCycling 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 LinkMountain 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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Fisher Row, Havelock Place Near Backworth
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Wildlife to spot
6,330 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,330 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +28
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
22-spot Ladybird · Anopheles claviger · 2-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 10-spot Ladybird +7
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Anopheles clavigerAnopheles claviger
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
Common Field-speedwell · Red Dead-nettle · Bush Vetch · Broad Buckler-fern · Charlock +99
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- CharlockSinapis arvensis
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,330 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds33 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Wren · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw +28
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Greenland White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons flavirostris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red Squirrel
- Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2025▾
22-spot Ladybird · Anopheles claviger · 2-spot Ladybird · Green Shieldbug · 10-spot Ladybird +7
- 22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata
- Anopheles clavigerAnopheles claviger
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens
Common Field-speedwell · Red Dead-nettle · Bush Vetch · Broad Buckler-fern · Charlock +99
- Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- CharlockSinapis arvensis
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas