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Coe Crags Wood

100 ha

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome100 ha

Getting here

55.35225, -1.89600

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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
  • 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Horse riding

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl

Free

Wildlife

Upland heathland priority habitat

Free

Horse riding

Horse riding listed as facility

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Nelly's Moss Lakes Walk, Cragside EstateWalking route2.4 km

Discover 2 of Cragside's historic lakes, originally engineered by Lord Armstrong as part of a pioneering Victorian hydro-electricity system, on this easy, level circular. Keep an eye out for frogs crossing the path & herons dipping their feet in the water

Named routeLength 2.4 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Long Crag

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Long Crag

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🏞️CRAGSIDECountry park4.5 km→✦CRAGSIDEHistoric site4.5 km→⛪All Saints' ChurchReligious grounds4.9 km→✦Armstrong CrossHistoric site4.9 km→✦Rothbury BridgeHistoric site4.9 km→✦Old Rothbury multivallate hillfort and cairnfieldHistoric site4.9 km→

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