Monastic grange at Priory Farm
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🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.84500, -1.93250
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Chaffinch
- ✦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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Jackdaw and Chaffinch
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Pheasant +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Jackdaw, Chaffinch, Pheasant +84 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Common Hawker, Common Water-Boatman +34 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Way of Light
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Lead Mining TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Way of LightWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Consett Steel and SwordsWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Consett Heritage TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Newlands to Shotley BridgrWalking route2 km▾
Named routeLength 2 kmSurface unpaved
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Satley LoopCycling route30 km▾
Named routeRef CDN1Length 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route957 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 957 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route59 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 59 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
11,150 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,150 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Goosander +12
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Common Hawker
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Common Figwort · Wall Lettuce · Remote Sedge · Goat Willow · Herb-Robert +112
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
- Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,150 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds17 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Kestrel · Woodpigeon · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Goosander +12
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Common Red Soldier Beetle · Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Common Hawker
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
- Common HawkerAeshna juncea
Common Figwort · Wall Lettuce · Remote Sedge · Goat Willow · Herb-Robert +112
- Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
- Wall LettuceMycelis muralis
- Remote SedgeCarex remota
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
