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📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.79354, -1.57662

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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
🛝Playground 245m 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
🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground 245m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

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6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Aromatic Knight, Tagell Binc Sbôr Serog +15 more · last seen 2025; Fungi — Blushing Bracket, Aromatic Knight, Tagell Binc Sbôr Serog +15 more · last seen 2025

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Holly, Garlic Mustard +46 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Daisy, Holly, Garlic Mustard +46 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Garlic Mustard, Common Nettle, White Dead-nettle +4 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green Shieldbug, Cream-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +2 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Green Shieldbug, Cream-spot Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

23 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

Small Pilgrim PlacesWalking route14.5 km

Named routeLength 14.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Jubilee WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Houghall Discovery TrailWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Battle of Neville's CrossWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Carr House Drivepublic footpath · 90 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 90 mSurface asphaltPath type: footway

Carr House Drivepublic footpath · 34 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 34 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential

🚴

Cycling

66 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

Route 14Cycling route

Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network

Great North CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network

Great North CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network

Langley Park to Sniperly LinkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

65,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

65,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds39 species

winter

2026

Robin · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +34

RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WigeonMareca penelope
MagpiePica pica
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PochardAythya ferina
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BuzzardButeo buteo
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird

Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants44 species

winter

2026

Daisy · Garlic Mustard · Spear Thistle · Hart's-Tongue · Herb-Robert +39

DaisyBellis perennis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HollyIlex aquifolium
IvyHedera helix
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
GorseUlex europaeus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
HonestyLunaria annua
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
HazelCorylus avellana
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

65,825 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

winter

2026

Robin · Dunnock · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon +34

RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WigeonMareca penelope
MagpiePica pica
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PochardAythya ferina
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
TealAnas crecca
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Great TitParus major
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
CootFulica atra
House SparrowPasser domesticus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
JackdawColoeus monedula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Greylag GooseAnser anser
NuthatchSitta europaea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
LapwingVanellus vanellus
BuzzardButeo buteo
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird

Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants44 species

winter

2026

Daisy · Garlic Mustard · Spear Thistle · Hart's-Tongue · Herb-Robert +39

DaisyBellis perennis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
HollyIlex aquifolium
IvyHedera helix
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Petty SpurgeEuphorbia peplus
GorseUlex europaeus
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
HonestyLunaria annua
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
CleaversGalium aparine
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Winter AconiteEranthis hyemalis
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Winter HeliotropePetasites pyrenaicus
NipplewortLapsana communis
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
HazelCorylus avellana
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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