Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.85755, -1.83934
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, Cream-spot Ladybird +26 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Purple Toadflax, Fox-and-cubs, Red Valerian +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LightWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Consett Steel and SwordsWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Consett Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Newlands to Shotley BridgrWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmSurface unpaved
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Satley LoopCycling route30 km▾
Named routeRef CDN1Length 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef (14) / (7)National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 14Cycling route▾
National Cycle Network National Route 14 (Consett on-road braid)
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Ashdale Roadbyway open to all traffic · 482 m▾
Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 482 mPath type: residential
Photos
Spruce cones in Consett Park
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Wildlife to spot
7,861 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,861 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Greenfinch · Chaffinch +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Lily Beetle
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Purple Toadflax · Fox-and-cubs · Red Valerian · Red Campion · Alder +14
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,861 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Magpie · Greenfinch · Chaffinch +36
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Great TitParus major
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox · Pipistrelle Bat species · Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +1
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects5 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · Lily Beetle
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii
Purple Toadflax · Fox-and-cubs · Red Valerian · Red Campion · Alder +14
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
- Burnet RoseRosa spinosissima
- BeechFagus sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas