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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
54.58298, -1.48854
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Black-poplar, Blackthorn, Brooklime +21 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Black-poplar, Blackthorn, Brooklime +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Meadowsweet
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Lily Beetle, Large White, Barred Straw +4 more · last seen 2016; Insects — Lily Beetle, Large White, Barred Straw +4 more · last seen 2016
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Barmpton & Little KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 2Round tripLocal walking route
Brafferton & Newton KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3Round tripLocal walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Harrowgate Hill RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HarrowgateLocal cycle route
Haughton Road RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HaughtonLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route70 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 70 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
1,181 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,181 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Meadowsweet · Malus sylvestris · Ash · Crosswort · Wood Avens +98
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,181 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Great Tit · Long-tailed Tit
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Meadowsweet · Malus sylvestris · Ash · Crosswort · Wood Avens +98
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Malus sylvestrisMalus sylvestris
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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