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Jenny's Hill

22 ha

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Free entryDogs welcome22 ha

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55.07464, -2.33727

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Wren +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Chaffinch, Wren +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Glittering Wood-moss, Neat Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +116 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Glittering Wood-moss, Neat Feather-moss, Common Feather-moss +116 more · last seen 2022

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +21 more · last seen 2022; Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +21 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Ground-elder, Conocephalum salebrosum, Wood-rust

Varies

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Usnea wasmuthii, Lecidella elaeochroma f. soralifera · last seen 2016; Fungi — Usnea wasmuthii, Lecidella elaeochroma f. soralifera · last seen 2016

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Named routeNational walking route

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route3.4 km

Named routeRef 68Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.2 km

Named routeRef 68Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route13.6 km

Named routeRef 68Length 13.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🚵

Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Stonehaugh TrailMountain bike route

Named routeRound trip

Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km

Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

1,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

1,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Goldcrest · Tawny Owl · Willow Warbler · Coal Tit · Robin +33

GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
CuckooCuculus canorus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2023

Adder

AdderVipera berus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

1,814 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds38 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Goldcrest · Tawny Owl · Willow Warbler · Coal Tit · Robin +33

GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Great TitParus major2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
CuckooCuculus canorus
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023

🦎

Reptiles1 species

summer

2023

Adder

AdderVipera berus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Les Hull · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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