Cube Plantation - Conifer woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
54.90662, -1.55434
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Beamish LoopCycling route11 km▾
Named routeRef CDN6Length 11 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Pelaw Metro routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Wildlife to spot
8,454 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,454 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Rose Leaf-roller Sawfly · Psyllopsis fraxini agg. +1
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa
- Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dog-rose · Tufted Vetch · False Oat-grass · Meadow Crane's-bill · Ribwort Plantain +3
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,454 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Robin +21
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Little OwlAthene noctua2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Rose Leaf-roller Sawfly · Psyllopsis fraxini agg. +1
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Rose Leaf-roller SawflyBlennocampa phyllocolpa
- Psyllopsis fraxini agg.Psyllopsis fraxini agg.
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Dog-rose · Tufted Vetch · False Oat-grass · Meadow Crane's-bill · Ribwort Plantain +3
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
- Red CampionSilene dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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