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Long Moss - Conifer woodland

37 ha

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome37 ha

Getting here

55.02599, -2.58516

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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
  • 🐕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

Best for

3 activities

Bird watching

Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin

Free

Wildlife

Blanket bog priority habitat

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 72Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route557 m
Named routeRef 72Length 557 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route232 m
Named routeRef 72Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m
Named routeRef 72Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route24 m
Named routeRef 72Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Long Moss

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47Historic site4.8 km→✦Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50Historic site4.3 km→✦Poltross Burn MilecastleHistoric site4.2 km→⛪St Mary Magdalene's ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48Historic site4 km→✦Blue Streak Rocket Test SiteHistoric site4 km→

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