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Hen Hill

63 ha

📷 Geoff Holland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeFungiInsects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome63 ha

Getting here

55.43117, -2.16327

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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
  • 🐕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
Walking trails

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Chewing Gum Lichen, Bacidia fuscoviridis, Peltigera membranacea +39 more · last seen 2011; Fungi — Chewing Gum Lichen, Bacidia fuscoviridis, Peltigera membranacea +39 more · last seen 2011

Varies

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Violet Ground Beetle, Green-veined White, Ringlet +2 more · last seen 2020

Free

Bird watching

Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse (scotica), Woodpigeon +30 more · last seen 2023

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

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
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Yetholm) - deviation to The Cheviot via Scotsman's CairnWalking route
Named routeNational walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 686Cycling route
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
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Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Salter's Roadrestricted byway · 5.1 km
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 5.1 kmPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Boundary fence on Hen Hill

📷 Geoff Holland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Boundary fence on Hen Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Three cross dykes on Middle HillHistoric site3.6 km→✦Camp TopsHistoric site4.6 km→✦Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Ward LawHistoric site3.9 km→✦Russell's Cairn on Windy GyleHistoric site4.2 km→✦Unenclosed round house, 200m north of Barrow CleughHistoric site4.3 km→✦Hayhope KnoweHistoric site4.5 km→

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