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Hawk Side Shop

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📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

54.71003, -2.28401

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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
  • 🌿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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin; Birds — Short-eared Owl, Mistle Thrush, Curlew +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Field Gentian, Brittle Bladder-fern, Soft-rush +105 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Field Gentian, Brittle Bladder-fern, Soft-rush +105 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Wild Thyme, Bilberry, Dandelion +9 more foraging species

Varies

Wildlife

Blanket bog priority habitat; Birds — Short-eared Owl, Mistle Thrush, Curlew +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Eristalis intricaria, Sericomyia silentis, Helophilus pendulus +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis intricaria, Sericomyia silentis, Helophilus pendulus +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 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
Weardale WayWalking route124 km
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Wearhead Walk - The River Starts HereWalking route
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Mineral Valleys Walk: St. John's ChapelWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Hawk Sike Hush (2)

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hawk Sike Hush (2)

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Green Hurth lead mine and ore worksHistoric site4.4 km→✦Highfield HushesHistoric site500 m→✦mine buildingHistoric site1.4 km→✦Lady's Rake lead mineHistoric site1.4 km→✦Former LimekilnHistoric site4.6 km→✦waterwheel pitHistoric site4.6 km→

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