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Green Hurth lead mine and ore works

8 ha

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

54.68915, -2.34285

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ✦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

Good to know

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

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Heritage

Historic site with public access

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Red Grouse (scotica), Meadow Pipit, Curlew +33 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Heather, Bog-cotton, Water Grimmia +46 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heather, Bog-cotton, Water Grimmia +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Grey Mountain Carpet, True Lover's Knot +26 more · last seen 2021; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Grey Mountain Carpet, True Lover's Knot +26 more · last seen 2021

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — crotail rèin-fhèidh, Cladonia squamosa var. squamosa, Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. +1 more · last seen 2010; Fungi — crotail rèin-fhèidh, Cladonia squamosa var. squamosa, Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. +1 more · last seen 2010

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
South Tyne TrailWalking route37 km
Named routeLength 37 kmRegional walking route
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
South Tyne TrailMountain bike route37 km
Named routeLength 37 kmRegional cycle route
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Former waggonway, Greenhurth Mine

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Former waggonway, Greenhurth Mine

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💧Cow Green ReservoirReservoir3.4 km→💧Cow Green ReservoirReservoir3.4 km→✦Highfield HushesHistoric site4.7 km→✦waterwheel pitHistoric site200 m→✦Lady's Rake lead mineHistoric site3 km→✦mine buildingHistoric site3.1 km→

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