Foresthead lime kilns, quarry, associated buildings and part of the rail transportation system
23 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
54.90988, -2.64945
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Lapwing
- ✦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
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Lapwing
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Lapwing, Canada Goose +89 more · last seen 2026; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Lapwing, Canada Goose +89 more · last seen 2026; Blanket bog priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Common Hawker, Black Darter +51 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Sneezewort, Fen Bedstraw, Devil's-bit Scabious +4 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Ruined buildings at Foresthead Quarry
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
16,098 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,098 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin +31
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Otter · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Frog · Common Toad
- FrogRana
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Common Hawker · Black Darter · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Southern Hawker +9
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Sneezewort · Devil's-bit Scabious · Autumn Hawkbit · Knapweed · Fen Bedstraw
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- KnapweedCentaurea
- Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,098 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Mute Swan · Mallard · Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Robin +31
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Otter · Brown Hare · Roe Deer
- OtterLutra lutra
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Frog · Common Toad
- FrogRana
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects14 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Common Hawker · Black Darter · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Southern Hawker +9
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
- Black DarterSympetrum danae
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
Sneezewort · Devil's-bit Scabious · Autumn Hawkbit · Knapweed · Fen Bedstraw
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- KnapweedCentaurea
- Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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