Packhorse bridge across Aldbrough Beck, immediately south west of High Green
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.49755, -1.68930
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coal Tit and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 250m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦56+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Coal Tit and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🛝Playground 250m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Goldfinch +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Coal Tit, Jackdaw, Goldfinch +53 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large White, 7-spot Ladybird, Small Tortoiseshell +57 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bluebell, Garlic Mustard, Common Field-speedwell +106 more · last seen 2017
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Willow Barkspot, Geranium Rust · last seen 2012
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route189 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 189 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route512 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 512 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 165Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.6 km▾
Named routeRef 165Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Packhorse Bridge, Aldbrough St John
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,068 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,068 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Swift · Tree Sparrow · Blackbird · Jackdaw +32
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RuffCalidris pugnax2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WigeonMareca penelope2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2017
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2017
- Barn OwlTyto alba2017
🦌Mammals7 species
wintersummerautumn
2019▾
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2017
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2016
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Large White · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Tortoiseshell · Green-veined White · Common Carder Bee +20
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2016
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2018
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Bush Vetch · Bluebell
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,068 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Swift · Tree Sparrow · Blackbird · Jackdaw +32
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- RuffCalidris pugnax2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- MerlinFalco columbarius2019
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- WigeonMareca penelope2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2017
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2017
- Barn OwlTyto alba2017
🦌Mammals7 species
wintersummerautumn
2019▾
Roe Deer · Rabbit · Wood Mouse · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2017
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2016
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2016
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Large White · 7-spot Ladybird · Small Tortoiseshell · Green-veined White · Common Carder Bee +20
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2016
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2018
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Bush Vetch · Bluebell
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2017
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2016
2016
StoatMustela erminea2016StoatMustela erminea2016Brown HareLepus europaeus2015Brown HareLepus europaeus20152019
2019
Small WhitePieris rapae2019Small WhitePieris rapae2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2016Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2016Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2017Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2017Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2016Bombus lucorumBombus lucorum2016Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2018Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2018Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2016Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2016PeacockAglais io2019PeacockAglais io2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2016Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2016Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaLily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2018Six-spot BurnetZygaena filipendulae2018Silver YAutographa gamma2018Silver YAutographa gamma2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018RingletAphantopus hyperantus2018Events & activities nearby
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