Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.19937, -2.57340
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Goldcrest
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦45+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Siskin and Goldcrest
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Siskin, Goldcrest, Jay +42 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Siskin, Goldcrest, Jay +42 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Meliscaeva cinctella, Sericomyia silentis +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Reivers' Route
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakeside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Kielder alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
N/ACycling route8.9 km▾
Named routeLength 8.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route282 m▾
Named routeLength 282 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route526 m▾
Named routeLength 526 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lonesome Pine MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km▾
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network
Deadwater BlackMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Deadwater RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Osprey Mountain Bike Trail (Blue)Mountain bike route▾
Bloody Bush MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Bloody Bush Roadbridleway · 2 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 2 kmPath type: track
Photos
Lewisburn Picnic Site, Kielder Forest
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
4,838 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,838 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Cormorant · Jay · Siskin · Goldcrest +15
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva cinctella · Platycheirus albimanus · Sericomyia silentis · Eristalis tenax +30
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Xylota segnis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,838 records · National Biodiversity NetworkGrey Heron · Cormorant · Jay · Siskin · Goldcrest +15
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva cinctella · Platycheirus albimanus · Sericomyia silentis · Eristalis tenax +30
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella2025
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Xylota segnis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Xylota segnis2025
Xylota segnis2025
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