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Long Fell

101 ha

📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome101 ha

Getting here

55.24727, -2.03170

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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
  • 🐕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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Robin +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Peacock, Common Carder Bee, Green Tiger Beetle +28 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Northern Marsh-orchid, Glittering Wood-moss, Tufted Vetch +44 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Northern Marsh-orchid, Glittering Wood-moss, Tufted Vetch +44 more · last seen 2022

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Greenleighton Moor Walk, WallingtonWalking route9.6 km

Follow the route through Greenleighton Farm, traditional hill farm, and then along the edge of the Fontburn Reservoir, owned & managed by Northumbrian Water, before returning across the moor to the SSSI designated Greenleighton quarry.

Named routeLength 9.6 kmDuration 02:00-03:00Round tripLocal walking route
St Cuthbert's Three Church TrailWalking route
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
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Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km
Named routeRef 68Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route413 m
Named routeRef 68Length 413 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km
Named routeRef 68Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Clear fell on Tod Knowe

📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Clear fell on Tod Knowe

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Mote Hills motte and bailey castleHistoric site4.5 km→✦Elsdon MotteHistoric site4.5 km→🦉GRASSLEES BURN WOODNature reserve3.9 km→⛪St Cuthbert's ChurchReligious grounds4.7 km→✦Manside defended settlement and medieval crossHistoric site2.7 km→✦Bastle 80m north east of FallowleesHistoric site3.9 km→

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