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Conifer woodland near Butteryhaugh

148 ha

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome148 ha

Getting here

55.13535, -2.58927

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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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

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

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Lakeside WayWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route820 m
Named routeRef 10Length 820 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route8 km
Named routeRef 10Length 8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Story's Gairs

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Story's Gairs

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Nearby places

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✦Horse Head medieval shieling on Greyfell Common 50m west of confluence of Gosling Sike and Horsehead GrainHistoric site2 km→✦Two medieval shielings 30m north west of Stantling Loan on Greyfell CommonHistoric site3.2 km→✦Stantling Loan medieval shielingHistoric site3.2 km→✦Shieling 210m north of Irthing HeadHistoric site3.9 km→✦Round cairn, 220m north of Tom's CragsHistoric site4.4 km→✦Two shielings 150m NNW of Tom's CragsHistoric site4.4 km→

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