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Getting here
55.14797, -2.29206
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Blue Tit
- 🍄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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Flycatcher and Blue Tit
- 🍄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
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit +81 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Pied Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit +81 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hebrew Character, Common Quaker, Clouded Drab +56 more · last seen 2019; Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Oak Moss, Platismatia glauca, Pertusaria pertusa +89 more · last seen 2014
Heritage
Strong match
Grade II* listed building: HESLEYSIDE HALL; Historic site
Foraging
Good match
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶Walking
2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Walking
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
St Cuthbert's Three Church TrailWalking route
🚴Cycling
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycling
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Reivers' RouteCycling route
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Route 686Cycling route
Main RouteCycling route410 m
Main RouteCycling route3.8 km
Wildlife to spot
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