Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome72 ha
Getting here
54.65621, -2.09574
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Swallow
- ✦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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Swallow
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Swallow, Curlew +58 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Lapwing, Swallow, Curlew +58 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Porpidia macrocarpa f. macrocarpa, Lecidea lithophila, Rhizocarpon reductum +88 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Hawker, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Green Grasshopper +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marsh Thistle, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Glittering Wood-moss +111 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Tees Railway PathWalking route9.7 km▾
Follows route of former Tees Valley Railway
Named routeLength 9.7 kmLocal walking route
Low Force GeotrailWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hamsterley Common CircuitMountain bike route38 km▾
Named routeRef CDW13Length 38 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,584 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,584 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Lapwing · Sand Martin · Stock Dove · Blackbird +11
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Adder
Common Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Meliscaeva cinctella · Common Green Grasshopper
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Marsh Thistle · European Larch · Foxglove · Ribwort Plantain · Bracken +98
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- European LarchLarix decidua
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,584 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWren · Lapwing · Sand Martin · Stock Dove · Blackbird +11
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Adder
Common Hawker · Common Blue Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Meliscaeva cinctella · Common Green Grasshopper
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Marsh Thistle · European Larch · Foxglove · Ribwort Plantain · Bracken +98
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- European LarchLarix decidua
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Soft-rushJuncus effusus
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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