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✦Heritage
Dogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
55.66314, -2.41751
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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
- ✦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
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ✦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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Borders Abbeys WayWalking route109 km▾
Named routeLength 109 kmRound tripNational walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to InnerleithenCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Border LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route▾
Tynemouth - Edinburgh
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route274 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 274 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route231 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 231 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route161 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 161 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,514 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,514 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Kestrel · Chiffchaff · Magpie · Skylark +38
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- CurlewNumenius arquata2020
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2017
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel +4
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2016
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2018
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Magpie Moth
- Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata
Wild Tulip · Wych Elm · Ground-elder · Cleavers · Centaurea nigra +46
- Wild TulipTulipa sylvestris
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,514 records · National Biodiversity NetworkYellowhammer · Kestrel · Chiffchaff · Magpie · Skylark +38
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- MagpiePica pica2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Barn OwlTyto alba2022
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common GullLarus canus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2022
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2020
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2020
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2020
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2020
- CurlewNumenius arquata2020
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2018
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2017
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel +4
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2016
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2018
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Magpie Moth
- Magpie MothAbraxas grossulariata
Wild Tulip · Wych Elm · Ground-elder · Cleavers · Centaurea nigra +46
- Wild TulipTulipa sylvestris
- Wych ElmUlmus glabra
- Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
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