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📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

54.98227, -2.55492

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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
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Swift, Chaffinch, Raven +80 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swift, Chaffinch, Raven +80 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Common Carder Bee, Eristalis pertinax, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +166 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Eristalis pertinax, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +166 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Tamarisk-moss, Little Shaggy-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +102 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Common Tamarisk-moss, Little Shaggy-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +102 more · last seen 2020

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Wood-rust, Bilberry +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
South Tyne TrailWalking route37 km
Named routeLength 37 kmRegional walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 72Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route791 m
Named routeRef 68Length 791 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route557 m
Named routeRef 72Length 557 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route232 m
Named routeRef 72Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
South Tyne TrailMountain bike route37 km
Named routeLength 37 kmRegional cycle route
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Rough pasture off the A69

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Rough pasture off the A69

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47Historic site600 m→✦Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46Historic site2 km→🌱Walltown Country ParkUrban park2.5 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46Historic site1.6 km→✦Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45Historic site4.4 km→🌱Greenhead (Millennium Green)Urban park1.5 km→

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