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Getting here
54.96262, -2.69896
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Swallow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Swallow
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🧺Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Swallow, Chaffinch +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Swallow, Chaffinch +72 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — White-letter Hairstreak, Green-veined White, Southern Hawker +146 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Hogweed, Green-flowered Helleborine +134 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Eagle's Claws · last seen 2016
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
23 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Cumbria CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route630 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 630 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route428 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.8 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
4,331 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,331 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Chaffinch · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Swift +28
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- OtterLutra lutra2024
🐝Insects50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Sericomyia silentis · Banded Demoiselle · Rhingia campestris · Meliscaeva auricollis · Batman Hoverfly +45
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Snowdrop · Green-flowered Helleborine · Dryopteris lacunosa · Bird Cherry · Common Wintergreen +53
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Green-flowered HelleborineEpipactis phyllanthes2024
- Dryopteris lacunosaDryopteris lacunosa2024
- Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
- Common WintergreenPyrola minor
- BugleAjuga reptans2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,331 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwallow · Chaffinch · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Swift +28
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Common GullLarus canus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2024
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Otter
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- OtterLutra lutra2024
🐝Insects50 species
springsummer
2025▾
Sericomyia silentis · Banded Demoiselle · Rhingia campestris · Meliscaeva auricollis · Batman Hoverfly +45
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea
Snowdrop · Green-flowered Helleborine · Dryopteris lacunosa · Bird Cherry · Common Wintergreen +53
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Green-flowered HelleborineEpipactis phyllanthes2024
- Dryopteris lacunosaDryopteris lacunosa2024
- Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
- Common WintergreenPyrola minor
- BugleAjuga reptans2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
