Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome212 ha
Getting here
54.74006, -1.57435
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦71+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Pheasant +68 more · last seen 2026; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH 50 METRES NORTH EAST OF CROXDALE HALL; Historic site with public access
Free
Mammals — Roe Deer, Badger, Muntjac +11 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Syrphus, Common Darter, Migrant Hawker +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Butterbur, Lesser Trefoil, Lords-and-Ladies +41 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby · 82 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Small Pilgrim PlacesWalking route14.5 km▾
Named routeLength 14.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Cassop-cum-Quarrington circular walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Jubilee WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Houghall Discovery TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
West Bowburn Waypublic footpath · 81 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 81 mPath type: path
West Bowburn Waypublic footpath · 854 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 854 mPath type: path
West Bowburn Waypublic footpath · 51 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 51 mPath type: footway
66 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route421 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 421 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
26 public paths nearby
Public paths
Bridle Roadbridleway · 24 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 24 mPath type: service
Bridle Roadbridleway · 589 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 589 mPath type: service
Photos
Estate road heading towards Croxdale Hall
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