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Glenwhistle Hill

35 ha

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome35 ha

Getting here

54.95281, -2.59284

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Carrion Crow
  • 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Curlew +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow, Curlew +55 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly, Emerald Damselfly +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bog-rosemary, Cranberry · last seen 2018; Plants — Bog-rosemary, Cranberry · last seen 2018

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 72Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route557 m
Named routeRef 72Length 557 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route232 m
Named routeRef 72Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m
Named routeRef 72Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route24 m
Named routeRef 72Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Narrow (blocked) firebreak in the plantation on Glenwhistle Hill

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Narrow (blocked) firebreak in the plantation on Glenwhistle Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47Historic site4.6 km→✦Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50Historic site4.1 km→✦Poltross Burn MilecastleHistoric site4.2 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51Historic site4.1 km→✦Birdoswald Roman FortHistoric site4.1 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48Historic site4.2 km→

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