Gibbie's Knowe defended settlement and later rectangular building
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.24860, -2.55611
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Raven and Chaffinch
- ✦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 — Raven, Chaffinch, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Raven, Chaffinch, Blackbird +52 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Dark Marbled Carpet, Small Wainscot, Rosy Rustic +113 more · last seen 2020
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Globeflower, Melancholy Thistle, Wood Crane's-bill +41 more · last seen 2025
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakeside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
15 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Kielder alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route8.9 km▾
Named routeLength 8.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route282 m▾
Named routeLength 282 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route526 m▾
Named routeLength 526 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lonesome Pine MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km▾
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network
Deadwater BlackMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Deadwater RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Osprey Mountain Bike Trail (Blue)Mountain bike route▾
Bloody Bush MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Forest Drivebridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmPath type: track
Forest Roadbridleway · 264 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 264 mPath type: track
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
20,066 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Robin · Raven · Pied Wagtail · Song Thrush +46
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Brown Long-eared Bat · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Globeflower · Melancholy Thistle · Wood Crane's-bill · Meadowsweet · Devil's-bit Scabious +39
- GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus
- Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
- Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Small Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,066 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Robin · Raven · Pied Wagtail · Song Thrush +46
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- CootFulica atra2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- TealAnas crecca2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
Brown Long-eared Bat · Noctule · Common Pipistrelle · Myotis Bat species
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
Adder
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad · Common Frog
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Globeflower · Melancholy Thistle · Wood Crane's-bill · Meadowsweet · Devil's-bit Scabious +39
- GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus
- Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
- Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
- MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
- TormentilPotentilla erecta
- Small Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chaenorhinum minus
Chaenorhinum minus
Tufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaWater AvensGeum rivaleWater AvensGeum rivaleOval SedgeCarex leporinaOval SedgeCarex leporinaPale SedgeCarex pallescensPale SedgeCarex pallescensCommon Spike-rushEleocharis palustrisCommon Spike-rushEleocharis palustrisRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiHeath Wood-rushLuzula multifloraHeath Wood-rushLuzula multifloraTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaTufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosaCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisMeadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensisPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisMarsh LousewortPedicularis palustrisMarsh LousewortPedicularis palustrisBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusBitter-vetchLathyrus linifoliusLesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformisLesser Pond-sedgeCarex acutiformisRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusRough HawkbitLeontodon hispidusZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumZigzag CloverTrifolium mediumBottle SedgeCarex rostrataBottle SedgeCarex rostrataLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiCommon Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsiiSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaSneezewortAchillea ptarmicaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysHeath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculataHeath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculataCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCarnation SedgeCarex paniceaCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisCommon ValerianValeriana officinalisMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreMarsh HorsetailEquisetum palustreTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisMarsh-marigoldCaltha palustrisNorthern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurellaNorthern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurellaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigraCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususMarsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosaMarsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosaBrown SedgeCarex distichaBrown SedgeCarex distichaGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalisGreat BurnetSanguisorba officinalisEvents & activities nearby
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