Burradon Country Park
46 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome46 ha
Getting here
55.04528, -1.57148
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 420m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦64+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coot and Tufted Duck
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 420m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Coot, Tufted Duck, Mute Swan +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +31 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Dog-violet, Winter-cress, Marsh Cudweed +151 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Reivers' Route
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cycle Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Valley lineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East lineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Nelson lineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
22 public paths nearby
Public paths
Killingworth Waggon Waybridleway · 160 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 160 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
Killingworth Waggon Waybridleway · 114 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 114 mSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
24,373 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
24,373 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Great Crested Grebe +23
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- 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
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +5
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Alder · Common Dog-violet
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
24,373 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCoot · Black-headed Gull · Mute Swan · Canada Goose · Great Crested Grebe +23
- CootFulica atra
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common GullLarus canus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- 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
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug +5
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
Alder · Common Dog-violet
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bronze Shieldbug
Bronze Shieldbug
Troilus luridus
Troilus luridus
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata20252-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025Events & activities nearby
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