High Wood - Conifer woodland
61 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome61 ha
Getting here
54.97582, -2.14282
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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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LightWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Hexham LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route452 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 452 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route71 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 71 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
16,566 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,566 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Coal Tit +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GullLarus canus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Wood Anemone · Sweet Violet · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Dog's Mercury · Meadow Saxifrage +44
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,566 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Robin · Coal Tit +33
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common GullLarus canus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Wood Anemone · Sweet Violet · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage · Dog's Mercury · Meadow Saxifrage +44
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- Meadow SaxifrageSaxifraga granulata
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Lesser Celandine
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ficaria verna
Ficaria verna
Downy CurrantRibes spicatumDowny CurrantRibes spicatumMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisBarren StrawberryPotentilla sterilisHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumHard Shield-fernPolystichum aculeatumAlternate-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium alternifoliumAlternate-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium alternifoliumBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scriptaHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumLords-and-LadiesArum maculatumHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisHyacinthHyacinthus orientalisAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaTutsanHypericum androsaemumTutsanHypericum androsaemumCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumCreeping ComfreySymphytum grandiflorumDaisyBellis perennisDaisyBellis perennisDaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissusDaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissusLeopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianchesLeopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianchesWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusSycamoreAcer pseudoplatanusMonk's-hoodAconitum napellusMonk's-hoodAconitum napellusRed CampionSilene dioicaRed CampionSilene dioicaNarcissus agg.Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.Narcissus agg.Lesser Glory-of-the-snowScilla sardensisLesser Glory-of-the-snowScilla sardensisCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixGlobeflowerTrollius europaeusGlobeflowerTrollius europaeusHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaWood SpeedwellVeronica montanaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusBeechFagus sylvaticaBeechFagus sylvaticaWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataBroad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatataDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriDryopteris borreriCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaGreat Wood-rushLuzula sylvaticaGreat Wood-rushLuzula sylvaticaSnowdropGalanthus nivalisSnowdropGalanthus nivalis