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Conifer woodland near The Flatt

89 ha

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome89 ha

Getting here

55.14737, -2.62146

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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
Walking trails

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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Cycling

10 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 route24 m
Named routeRef 10Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route1 km
Named routeRef 10Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km
Named routeRef 10Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route6.2 km
Named routeRef 10Length 6.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Headless Sike

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Headless Sike

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Horse Head medieval shieling on Greyfell Common 50m west of confluence of Gosling Sike and Horsehead GrainHistoric site3.5 km→✦White Lyne round cairn 60m NNW of confluence of Gate Grain and White LyneHistoric site3.6 km→✦Two medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne 230m north east of confluence with little Hare GrainHistoric site4.3 km→✦Four medieval shielings on south bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.4 km→✦Ten medieval shielings on north bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.5 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 130m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.6 km→

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