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Long Stone

📷 Karl and Ali · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

54.99182, -2.34770

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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
  • ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Jackdaw, Swallow +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Jackdaw, Swallow +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet, Buff-tailed Bumblebee +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Heather, Bog-cotton, Springy Turf-moss +124 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Heather, Bog-cotton, Springy Turf-moss +124 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Plants — Bilberry, Thyme-leaved Sandwort, Wild Thyme +7 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Steel Rigg & Hadrians Wall WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Vindolanda & Hadrian's Wall TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularWalking route
Named routeRound trip
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route224 m
Named routeRef 72Length 224 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m
Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.8 km
Named routeRef 68Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km
Named routeRef 72Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularMountain 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

Photos

Cut benchmark on the Long Stone

📷 Karl and Ali · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cut benchmark on the Long Stone

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Vindolanda FortHistoric site900 m→✦Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestonesHistoric site1.2 km→✦Housesteads fort, section of Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of milecastle 36 and the field boundary west of turret 37a in wall miles 36 and 37Historic site2.3 km→✦The vallum and a British settlement between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park, in wall miles 37, 38 and 39Historic site1.5 km→🌱Redburn ParkUrban park1.9 km→🌱Redburn ParkUrban park1.9 km→

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