Newfield Millennium Green
20 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome20 ha
Getting here
54.69385, -1.69015
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🍄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
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🍄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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Woodpigeon +76 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Woodpigeon +76 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Bonet Odro, Redleg Toughshank, Purple Brittlegill +118 more · last seen 2022
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Hemp-nettle, Selfheal, Ribwort Plantain +17 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 21 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Witon-le-Wear Circular Walk 2Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Witton-le-Wear Circular Walk 1Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Mineral Valleys Walk - Escomb, Witton Park & EtherleyWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route588 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 588 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
River Wear below Newfield
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,214 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,214 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Pheasant +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +5
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Tree Bumblebee
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Common Hemp-nettle · Selfheal · Ribwort Plantain
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,214 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Pheasant +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WigeonMareca penelope
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +5
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Tree Bumblebee
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Common Hemp-nettle · Selfheal · Ribwort Plantain
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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