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Hasty Hill

219 ha

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsInsects
Free entryDogs welcome219 ha

Getting here

55.06553, -2.37171

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
  • 🍄Mushroom 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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Woodpigeon, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +42 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Small Heath +186 more · last seen 2019

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Polytrichum commune s.str., Flat-topped Bog-moss, Springy Turf-moss +76 more · last seen 2018; Plants — Polytrichum commune s.str., Flat-topped Bog-moss, Springy Turf-moss +76 more · last seen 2018

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Usnea wasmuthii, Lecidella elaeochroma f. soralifera · last seen 2016; Fungi — Usnea wasmuthii, Lecidella elaeochroma f. soralifera · last seen 2016

Varies

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

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route115 m
Named routeRef 68Length 115 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.8 km
Named routeRef 68Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route434 m
Named routeRef 68Length 434 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km
Named routeRef 68Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Stonehaugh TrailMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Warks Burn below Coldcotes Hill

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Warks Burn below Coldcotes Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Stonehaugh Picnic AreaUrban park2.9 km→✦Blacka Burn shielingHistoric site3.5 km→✦Enclosed cremation cemetery and shieling 990m north of Gibbs Hill FarmHistoric site4.7 km→✦Round cairn, 120m ENE of Kingscrag GateHistoric site5 km→✦Round cairn, 150m east of Kingscrag GateHistoric site5 km→

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