Plan your visit
🌳Ancient✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.04311, -1.87992
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 205m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 205m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
Best for
4 activities🌳Ancient woodland
Strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF ST MARY
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route11.9 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 11.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.4 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 5.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route281 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 281 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route166 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 166 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
22 photos from nearby open sources
Market Cross, Stamfordham Village Green
Photos
Market Cross, Stamfordham Village Green
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
1,273 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,273 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds35 species
springsummer
2024Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Coal Tit · Willow Warbler · Blackcap
+30 more speciesHide species list
All 35 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
🐝Insects38 species
summerautumn
2025Banded Demoiselle · Mesembrina meridiana · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Red Admiral
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2022Northern Marsh-orchid · Brown Sedge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,273 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds35 species
springsummer
2024Blue Tit · Chiffchaff · Coal Tit · Willow Warbler · Blackcap
+30 more speciesHide species list
All 35 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
🐝Insects38 species
summerautumn
2025Banded Demoiselle · Mesembrina meridiana · Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis pertinax · Red Admiral
+33 more speciesHide species list
All 38 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2024
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023
🌿Plants2 species
springsummer
2022Northern Marsh-orchid · Brown Sedge
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas