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Outer Hare Cleugh

26 ha

📷 Michael Graham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeFungiInsects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome26 ha

Getting here

55.43969, -2.18430

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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

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Chewing Gum Lichen, Bacidia fuscoviridis, Sickener +41 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Chewing Gum Lichen, Bacidia fuscoviridis, Sickener +41 more · last seen 2013

Varies

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Fox Moth, Green-veined White, Violet Ground Beetle +4 more · last seen 2020

Free

Bird watching

Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Woodpigeon +34 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

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
🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 686Cycling route
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Salter's Roadrestricted byway · 5.1 km
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 5.1 kmPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Tent, Outer Hare Cleugh

📷 Michael Graham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Tent, Outer Hare Cleugh

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Three cross dykes on Middle HillHistoric site3.8 km→✦Camp TopsHistoric site3 km→✦Hayhope KnoweHistoric site2.8 km→✦Russell's Cairn on Windy GyleHistoric site3.1 km→✦Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Ward LawHistoric site3.6 km→✦Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's CairnHistoric site3.7 km→

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