Ayton's Wood - Mixed woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
54.90087, -1.48235
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 130m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 130m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 7
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
57 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
81,800 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
81,800 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Mallard +31
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
Orange Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Daisy · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine +8
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
81,800 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLong-tailed Tit · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch · Mallard +31
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- TealAnas crecca
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
Orange Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Daisy · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine +8
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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