Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.07593, -2.18575
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Blackbird
- ✦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
- 🐦32+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pheasant and Blackbird
- ✦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 — Pheasant, Blackbird, Barn Owl +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Pheasant, Blackbird, Barn Owl +29 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small White, Peacock +193 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Feather-moss, Neat Feather-moss, Bifid Crestwort +54 more · last seen 2024
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: CHIPCHASE CASTLE
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Hexham LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route66 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 66 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route56 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 56 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface grass
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,303 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,303 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Chaffinch · Yellow Wagtail · Little Owl · Swift +11
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Speckled Wood · Small White · Large White · Green-veined White · Peacock +11
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- PeacockAglais io
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Fox-and-cubs · Crosswort · Gooseberry · Pepper-saxifrage · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +2
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,303 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBarn Owl · Chaffinch · Yellow Wagtail · Little Owl · Swift +11
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2022
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2021
Speckled Wood · Small White · Large White · Green-veined White · Peacock +11
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- PeacockAglais io
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines
Fox-and-cubs · Crosswort · Gooseberry · Pepper-saxifrage · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +2
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
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