Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
54.77922, -1.72407
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Robin
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Robin, Woodpigeon +47 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Red Admiral, Painted Lady +16 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Way of LightWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Heritage 100 - Ushaw MoorWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
H100 - Esh Winning and WaterhousesWalking route▾
Named routeRef 16Round tripLocal walking route
Tow LawWalking route▾
Named routeRef 20Round tripLocal walking route
Heritage 100 - LanchesterWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Satley LoopCycling route30 km▾
Named routeRef CDN1Length 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Langley Park to Sniperly LinkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route330 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 330 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Moat at Castle Steads, Esh Winning
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Wildlife to spot
4,387 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,387 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin · Great Tit +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Common Cockchafer
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Holly · Pedunculate Oak · Meadowsweet · Bracken · Sweet Cicely +38
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,387 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin · Great Tit +15
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse · Mole
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Cuckoo-Spit Insect · Common Cockchafer
- Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
Holly · Pedunculate Oak · Meadowsweet · Bracken · Sweet Cicely +38
- HollyIlex aquifolium
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- IvyHedera helix
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas