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Housesteads Roman Fort

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Paid

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Teal, Lesser Black-backed Gull +89 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Carrion Crow, Teal, Lesser Black-backed Gull +89 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Hadrian's Wall Path

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Orchid Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Sericomyia silentis +8 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Orchid Beetle, 7-spot Ladybird, Sericomyia silentis +8 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Steel Rigg & Hadrians Wall WalkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Vindolanda & Hadrian's Wall TrailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Riever Trails: The Sill CircularWalking route

Named routeRound trip

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route7.8 km

Named routeRef 68Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.9 km

Named routeRef 72Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route567 m

Named routeRef 72Length 567 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Riever Trails: The Sill CircularMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Stonehaugh TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Wildlife to spot

9,948 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,948 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds94 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Carrion Crow · Teal · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Canada Goose · Mallard +89

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
SmewMergellus albellus
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Barnacle x Canada GooseBranta leucopsis x canadensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
CootFulica atra2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus2025
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2026

Orchid Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Sericomyia silentis · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Meadow Brown +6

Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2025
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,948 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds94 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Carrion Crow · Teal · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Canada Goose · Mallard +89

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
SmewMergellus albellus
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Barnacle x Canada GooseBranta leucopsis x canadensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
CootFulica atra2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus2025
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis2025
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Mole · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox

MoleTalpa europaea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Red FoxVulpes vulpes

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐝

Insects11 species

summer

2026

Orchid Beetle · 7-spot Ladybird · Sericomyia silentis · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Meadow Brown +6

Orchid BeetleDascillus cervinus2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2025
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2025
Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Halling · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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✦Vindolanda FortHistoric site3.1 km→✦Housesteads fort, section of Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of milecastle 36 and the field boundary west of turret 37a in wall miles 36 and 37Historic site200 m→✦Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestonesHistoric site3.3 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and associated features between the boundary east of turret 34a and the field boundary west of milecastle 36 in wall miles 34, 35 and 36Historic site1.7 km→✦The vallum and a British settlement between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park, in wall miles 37, 38 and 39Historic site2.6 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and associated features between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park in wall miles 37, 38 and 39Historic site2.8 km→

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