Hill House bastle and associated enclosures, 850m NNW of Sidwood Cottage
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.20169, -2.36203
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Tawny Owl
- 🍄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
- 🐦65+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Great Tit and Tawny Owl
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Great Tit, Tawny Owl, Stock Dove +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Great Tit, Tawny Owl, Stock Dove +62 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Melanelixia fuliginosa, Lepraria incana s. lat., Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat. +65 more · last seen 2013
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Orange-tip, Green-veined White, Broken-barred Carpet +89 more · last seen 2023
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sphagnum palustre var. palustre, Springy Turf-moss, Neat Feather-moss +110 more · last seen 2022
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 686Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route9 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Remains of Hill House Bastle
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,310 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,310 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Tawny Owl · Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Stock Dove +45
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- MagpiePica pica2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2019▾
Pine Marten
Rhagium bifasciatum · Green-veined White · Orange-tip · Cercopis vulnerata · Green Tiger Beetle +37
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2021
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants5 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Heath Spotted-orchid · Northern Marsh-orchid · Rigid Bog-moss · Twisted Bog-moss
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
- Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
- Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres2020
- Twisted Bog-mossSphagnum contortum2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,310 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGreat Tit · Tawny Owl · Nuthatch · Blue Tit · Stock Dove +45
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2019
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2019
- MagpiePica pica2019
- DunnockPrunella modularis2019
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2019▾
Pine Marten
Rhagium bifasciatum · Green-veined White · Orange-tip · Cercopis vulnerata · Green Tiger Beetle +37
- Rhagium bifasciatumRhagium bifasciatum
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2021
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2021
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🌿Plants5 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Heath Spotted-orchid · Northern Marsh-orchid · Rigid Bog-moss · Twisted Bog-moss
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
- Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
- Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres2020
- Twisted Bog-mossSphagnum contortum2020
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2020Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2020Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019Hydropsyche pellucidulaHydropsyche pellucidula2019Polycentropus kingiPolycentropus kingi2019Polycentropus kingiPolycentropus kingi2019Common PugEupithecia vulgata2019Common PugEupithecia vulgata2019Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019Flame CarpetXanthorhoe designata2019Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli2019Nut-tree TussockColocasia coryli2019Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2019Brown Silver-linePetrophora chlorosata2019Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria2019Scorched WingPlagodis dolabraria2019Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2019Scalloped HazelOdontopera bidentata2019Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2019Foxglove PugEupithecia pulchellata2019ShearsHada plebeja2019ShearsHada plebeja2019Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019Latticed HeathChiasmia clathrata2019Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2019Brown RusticRusina ferruginea2019Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019Silver-ground CarpetXanthorhoe montanata2019Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2019Knot GrassAcronicta rumicis2019Broken-barred CarpetElectrophaes corylata2019Broken-barred CarpetElectrophaes corylata2019Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2019Beautiful Golden YAutographa pulchrina2019Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2019Lesser Swallow ProminentPheosia gnoma2019Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019Pebble ProminentNotodonta ziczac2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Red-green CarpetChloroclysta siterata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Brimstone MothOpisthograptis luteolata2019Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019Small PhoenixEcliptopera silaceata2019Grey PugEupithecia subfuscata2019Grey PugEupithecia subfuscata2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Common Marbled CarpetDysstroma truncata2019Tawny-barred AngleMacaria liturata2019Tawny-barred AngleMacaria liturata2019Peppered MothBiston betularia2019Peppered MothBiston betularia2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Coxcomb ProminentPtilodon capucina2019Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019Clouded BorderLomaspilis marginata2019Red Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadicearia2019Red Twin-spot CarpetXanthorhoe spadicearia2019Gold SwiftPhymatopus hecta2019Gold SwiftPhymatopus hecta2019Water CarpetLampropteryx suffumata2019Water CarpetLampropteryx suffumata2019Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019Common White WaveCabera pusaria2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Grey Pine CarpetThera obeliscata2019Welsh WaveVenusia cambrica2019Welsh WaveVenusia cambrica2019PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019Southern Iron BlueBaetis niger2019Southern Iron BlueBaetis niger2019Events & activities nearby
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