Silverhill Plantation - Mixed woodland
1 ha
Plan your visit
🌲Walks
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.56787, -1.63388
Open directionsv
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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Blackwell Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlackwellLocal cycle route
Hummersknott Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HummersknottLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Photos
Heading north west on Back Lane
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Wildlife to spot
4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Tree Sparrow · Blue Tit · Stock Dove · Chiffchaff +26
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
7-spot Ladybird · Broad Centurion
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
🌿Plants7 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Red Dead-nettle · Scentless Mayweed · Spear Thistle · Gooseberry · Pendulous Sedge +2
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Tit · Tree Sparrow · Blue Tit · Stock Dove · Chiffchaff +26
- Great TitParus major2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
7-spot Ladybird · Broad Centurion
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa
🌿Plants7 species
summerwinter
2025▾
Red Dead-nettle · Scentless Mayweed · Spear Thistle · Gooseberry · Pendulous Sedge +2
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- GooseberryRibes uva-crispa
- Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Horse-chestnut
Horse-chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum2023
Aesculus hippocastanum2023
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