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Murder Cleugh

32 ha

📷 Andrew Curtis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome32 ha

Getting here

55.44847, -2.18263

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕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

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Red Grouse (scotica) +31 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Violet Ground Beetle, Ingrailed Clay, Northern Dart +8 more · last seen 2020

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Sickener, False Chanterelle · last seen 2013; Fungi — Sickener, False Chanterelle · last seen 2013

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bog Asphodel, Tormentil · last seen 2021; Plants — Bog Asphodel, Tormentil · last seen 2021

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Yetholm) - deviation to The Cheviot via Scotsman's CairnWalking route
Named routeNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Distant view from the middle of nowhere

📷 Andrew Curtis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Distant view from the middle of nowhere

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Three cross dykes on Middle HillHistoric site4.8 km→✦Camp TopsHistoric site2.6 km→✦Hayhope KnoweHistoric site2.6 km→✦Russell's Cairn on Windy GyleHistoric site3.6 km→✦Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's CairnHistoric site4.1 km→✦Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Ward LawHistoric site4.5 km→

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