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Yetholm Parish Church

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.54629, -2.27765

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

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🐦83+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Jackdaw
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕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 Mute Swan and Jackdaw
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Free

Birds — Mute Swan, Jackdaw, Mallard +80 more · last seen 2026

Wildlife

Strong match

Free

Birds — Mute Swan, Jackdaw, Mallard +80 more · last seen 2026

Picnic day out

Strong match

Free

picnic area, car park

Insect spotting

Strong match

Free

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Migrant Hawker, Eristalis arbustorum +12 more · last seen 2025

Hiking

Strong match

Free

Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm); Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)

Churchyard walks

Good match

Free

Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

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4 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

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Cycling

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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

Wildlife to spot

8,445 records from NBN Atlas

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Wildlife to spot

8,445 records · NBN Atlas

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Birds83 species

winterspring

2026

Mute Swan · Jackdaw · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Gadwall

+78 more species

All 83 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CootFulica atra2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025

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Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Red Squirrel

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Insects15 species

summer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Migrant Hawker · Eristalis arbustorum · Birch Shieldbug · Minettia inusta

+10 more species

All 15 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Minettia inustaMinettia inusta
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,445 records · NBN Atlas

🐦

Birds83 species

winterspring

2026

Mute Swan · Jackdaw · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Gadwall

+78 more species

All 83 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CootFulica atra2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great White EgretArdea alba2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
SmewMergellus albellus2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SwiftApus apus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2025

Red Squirrel

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Eristalis pertinax · Migrant Hawker · Eristalis arbustorum · Birch Shieldbug · Minettia inusta

+10 more species

All 15 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)

Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
Minettia inustaMinettia inusta
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

22 photos from nearby open sources

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Kerr in Kirk Yetholm Parish Church Graveyard

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Photos

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Kerr in Kirk Yetholm Parish Church Graveyard

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Parking

Yetholm Primary School · 64m

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Picnic spot

2 · 172m away

✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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