🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.98637, -1.63617
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 439m away — 6 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 439m away — 6 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
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147 signed routes nearby
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
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Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
53,237 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
53,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan +32
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Early Bumblebee · Syrphus · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +18
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot Ladybird
Lesser Periwinkle · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed · Hyacinth
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
53,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspring
2026▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan +32
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Early Bumblebee · Syrphus · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +18
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Cream-spot Ladybird
Lesser Periwinkle · Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed · Hyacinth
- Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
- HyacinthHyacinthus orientalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Western Honey BeeApis melliferaWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenax10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon Carder BeeBombus pascuorumCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinaxTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydeniiPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatusPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctataEvents & activities nearby
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