Site of Chapel
✦ Ancient woodland
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.55085, -2.25025
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Linnet and Chiffchaff
- 🌳Ancient woodland 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
- 🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Linnet and Chiffchaff
- 🌳Ancient woodland is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Best for
8 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Linnet, Chiffchaff, Rook +80 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Birds — Linnet, Chiffchaff, Rook +80 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — White Clover, Foxglove, Field Forget-me-not +41 more · last seen 2010; Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Meadow Brown, Small Tortoiseshell +19 more · last seen 2025
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Kirk Yetholm) - deviationWalking route▾
to keep main route contiguous for route analysis
Named routeLocal walking route
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Melrose to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yetholm Blue routeCycling route9 km▾
Named routeRef blueLength 9 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Kelso Red RouteCycling route53 km▾
Named routeRef redLength 53 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Yetholm Orange routeCycling route22 km▾
Named routeRef orangeLength 22 kmPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route
Border LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route
Photos
18 photos from nearby open sources
Track beside the Halter Burn
Photos
Track beside the Halter Burn
Good to know
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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2019
2019
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Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus2012
Aphantopus hyperantus2012
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Rumex acetosella
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