Meeting Brae - Conifer woodland
77 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome77 ha
Getting here
55.09538, -2.51175
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km▾
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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1,943 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,943 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Willow Warbler · Stonechat +43
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
Four-spotted Chaser · Large Red Damselfly
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Carnation Sedge · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Cross-leaved Heath · Bog Asphodel · Ragged-Robin +39
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2020
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2020
- Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,943 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2025▾
Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Skylark · Willow Warbler · Stonechat +43
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TealAnas crecca
Four-spotted Chaser · Large Red Damselfly
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Carnation Sedge · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Cross-leaved Heath · Bog Asphodel · Ragged-Robin +39
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2020
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2020
- Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2020Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum2020SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2020SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2020Trichophorum cespitosumTrichophorum cespitosumTrichophorum cespitosumTrichophorum cespitosumTrichophorum cespitosum x germanicum = T. x foersteriTrichophorum cespitosum x germanicum = T. x foersteriTrichophorum cespitosum x germanicum = T. x foersteriTrichophorum cespitosum x germanicum = T. x foersteriBilberryVaccinium myrtillusBilberryVaccinium myrtillusCrowberry agg.Empetrum nigrumCrowberry agg.Empetrum nigrumBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifoliaRound-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifoliaHeatherCalluna vulgarisHeatherCalluna vulgarisBog-rosemaryAndromeda polifoliaBog-rosemaryAndromeda polifoliaWhite Beak-sedgeRhynchospora albaWhite Beak-sedgeRhynchospora albaCranberryVaccinium oxycoccosCranberryVaccinium oxycoccosTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumTrichophorum germanicumCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumCommon CottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2020Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2020Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2020Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2020Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2020Creeping Forget-me-notMyosotis secunda2020HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2020Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2020Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2020Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2020Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2020Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2020Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana2020Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2020Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2020Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2020Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2020Star SedgeCarex echinata2020Star SedgeCarex echinata2020Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2020Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2020Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2020Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2020BugleAjuga reptans2020BugleAjuga reptans2020Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2020Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca2020Marsh VioletViola palustris2020Marsh VioletViola palustris2020TimothyPhleum pratense2020TimothyPhleum pratense2020Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2020Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2020Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2020Water SedgeCarex aquatilis2020Water SedgeCarex aquatilis2020Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2020Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2020Oval SedgeCarex leporina2020Oval SedgeCarex leporina2020Common SedgeCarex nigra2020Common SedgeCarex nigra2020Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2020Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2020Water MintMentha aquatica2020Water MintMentha aquatica2020