High Wood
✦ Ancient woodland9 ha
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome9 ha
Getting here
54.90222, -1.46282
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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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Teal, Mallard, Blue Tit +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
Mudflats priority habitat; Birds — Teal, Mallard, Blue Tit +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Snowdrop, Coltsfoot, Gorse +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Dandelion, White Dead-nettle +2 more foraging species
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Orange Ladybird, Blue Shieldbug · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Blue Shieldbug · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Harton Branch RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
88,406 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
88,406 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Mallard · Chaffinch · Bullfinch · Long-tailed Tit +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Orange Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Primrose · Daisy +9
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
88,406 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Mallard · Chaffinch · Bullfinch · Long-tailed Tit +32
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Orange Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Primrose · Daisy +9
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dandelion
Dandelion
Taraxacum
Taraxacum
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridusWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumRamsonsAllium ursinumRamsonsAllium ursinumEvents & activities nearby
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