Church of St John the Baptist
🧺Picnic🛝Family🚲Cycling
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.97013, -1.61556
Open directionsv
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Super Natural Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕Super Natural Kitchen — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Hadrian's Cycleway
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Hadrian's Wall Path
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heritage Trails: monumentWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Heritage Trails: WallWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Heritage Trails: cityWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Heritage TrailsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Heritage Trails: churchesWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
145 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
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Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
The Church of St. John the Baptist, Grainger Street, NE1 - mediaeval stained glass
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Wildlife to spot
45,274 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
45,274 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan +30
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
🌿Plants9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Snowdrop · Cherry Plum · White Dead-nettle · Stinking Hellebore · Red Dead-nettle +4
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
45,274 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspring
2026▾
Mallard · Moorhen · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan +30
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects18 species
winterspring
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
🌿Plants9 species
winterspring
2026▾
Snowdrop · Cherry Plum · White Dead-nettle · Stinking Hellebore · Red Dead-nettle +4
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- Stinking HelleboreHelleborus foetidus
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
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