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Bygate Hill Plantation

20 ha

📷 No Body · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome20 ha

Getting here

55.08860, -1.89289

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Little Ringed Plover +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Little Ringed Plover +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — White Fibrecap, Bonet Odro, Birch Milkcap +91 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — White Fibrecap, Bonet Odro, Birch Milkcap +91 more · last seen 2013

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Redshank, Hair-pointed Feather-moss, Creeping Feather-moss +49 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Redshank, Hair-pointed Feather-moss, Creeping Feather-moss +49 more · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Neoascia, Common Leaf Weevil +4 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Neoascia, Common Leaf Weevil +4 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Fungi — Tawny Funnel, Beech Milkcap, Wood Blewits +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route11.9 km
Named routeRef 10Length 11.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km
Named routeRef 10Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.4 km
Named routeRef 10Length 5.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route281 m
Named routeRef 10Length 281 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.7 km
Named routeRef 10Length 5.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bygate Hill Plantation

📷 No Body · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🏞️BOLAM LAKECountry park4.9 km→✦BELSAY HALLHistoric site2.3 km→🌱Bolam Lake Country ParkUrban park4.9 km→✦Belsay tower house and attached unfortified wing, deserted medieval village, possible moated site, promontory fort and watch postHistoric site2 km→✦Medieval wayside cross, 190m east of Belsay TowerHistoric site2.2 km→✦Bowl barrow, 200m ENE of ShortflattHistoric site3.8 km→

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