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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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Jelly Ear, Common Puffball, Common Jelly Spot +278 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Jelly Ear, Common Puffball, Common Jelly Spot +278 more · last seen 2022

Varies

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +41 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard +41 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Rosebay Willowherb, Spear Thistle +28 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Rosebay Willowherb, Spear Thistle +28 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Jelly Ear, Oakbug Milkcap, False Chanterelle +21 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +21 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Large White, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell +21 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

Witon-le-Wear Circular Walk 2Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Witton-le-Wear Circular Walk 1Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

32 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route

Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)

Named routeRef 715National 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 route55 m

Named routeRef 70Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route588 m

Named routeRef 70Length 588 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route47 m

Named routeRef 70Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,700 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,700 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

spring

2025

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Swift · Woodpigeon +17

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
SwiftApus apus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MerlinFalco columbarius
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
PintailAnas acuta2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2023

Smooth Newt · Common Frog

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects6 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee +1

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025

🌿

Plants29 species

summer

2026

Ribwort Plantain · Rosebay Willowherb · Spear Thistle · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Yarrow +24

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2023
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2023
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,700 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

spring

2025

Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Swift · Woodpigeon +17

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PochardAythya ferina
WigeonMareca penelope
SwiftApus apus2023
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MerlinFalco columbarius
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
JackdawColoeus monedula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Little OwlAthene noctua2024
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
PintailAnas acuta2024
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2024
Common GullLarus canus2023
SwallowHirundo rustica2023
LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
GreenfinchChloris chloris2023

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus

🐸

Amphibians2 species

summer

2023

Smooth Newt · Common Frog

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects6 species

winter

2026

Orange Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee +1

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025

🌿

Plants29 species

summer

2026

Ribwort Plantain · Rosebay Willowherb · Spear Thistle · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Yarrow +24

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
White CloverTrifolium repens2023
Musk-mallowMalva moschata2023
RowanSorbus aucuparia2023
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2023
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2023
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2023
AshFraxinus excelsior2023
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
Wild CarrotDaucus carota2023
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus2023
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 JThomas · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Elizabeth II postbox and recreation ground, Helmington Row

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