Getting here
55.07959, -2.33259
Best for
5 activitiesDog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Cycling
Varies72%Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Mountain biking
Varies60%Named MTB route nearby: Stonehaugh Trail
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
1
1 named nearby
Named route
🚴
Cycling
5
5 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
2
2 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) · Walking0
Pennine Cycleway · Cycling0
Stonehaugh Trail · Mountain bike0
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland) · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this urban park
Stonehaugh Picnic Area is a urban park.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
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Parking
2 nearby · Free · 34m
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Picnic spot
2 · 42m away
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Toilets
27m away
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Bastle at Horneystead, 400m south west of The AshHistoric site2.8 km→✦Unenclosed settlement 220m south west of Manor HouseHistoric site4.2 km→✦Romano-British farmstead, 500m north of WatergateHistoric site4.4 km→✦Romano-British farmstead, 400m north east of Hole HouseHistoric site4.8 km→✦Blacka Burn shielingHistoric site2.2 km→💧WatergateReservoir3.3 km→