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Craggy Shaw

40 ha
WildlifeFungiSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome40 ha

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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Ochrolechia androgyna, Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa, Peltigera membranacea +47 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Ochrolechia androgyna, Cladonia arbuscula subsp. squarrosa, Peltigera membranacea +47 more · last seen 2016

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Seasonal nature

Plants — Slender Cruet-moss, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Two-horned Pincerwort +81 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Slender Cruet-moss, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Two-horned Pincerwort +81 more · last seen 2020

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch +36 more · last seen 2023; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler, Chaffinch +36 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Green-veined White, Common Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +4 more · last seen 2014; Insects — Green-veined White, Common Hawker, Large Red Damselfly +4 more · last seen 2014

Free

Foraging

Plants — Two-horned Pincerwort, Forcipated Pincerwort

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Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

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