Conifer woodland near The Flatt
70 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome70 ha
Getting here
55.16099, -2.69976
Open directionsv
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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km37 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
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Red RouteMountain bike route▾
The Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Cross Border MTB TrailMountain bike route▾
Bloody Bush MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,843 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,843 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Pheasant · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Crossbill +11
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Short-fruited Willowherb · Daisy · Sitka Spruce · Eyebright · Common Ragwort +123
- Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,843 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMagpie · Pheasant · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Blue Tit · Crossbill +11
- MagpiePica pica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Short-fruited Willowherb · Daisy · Sitka Spruce · Eyebright · Common Ragwort +123
- Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
- EyebrightEuphrasia
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
