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Padon Hill

📷 Rude Health · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Dogs welcome

Getting here

55.22944, -2.28476

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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
  • 🌿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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Whinchat, Raven +54 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Whinchat, Raven +54 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Pointed Spear-moss, Bottle Sedge, Round-leaved Sundew +184 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Pointed Spear-moss, Bottle Sedge, Round-leaved Sundew +184 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Plants — Bulrush, Crowberry agg., Common Sorrel +11 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Sericomyia silentis, Eristalis pertinax, Helophilus pendulus +42 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Sericomyia silentis, Eristalis pertinax, Helophilus pendulus +42 more · last seen 2023

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 686Cycling route
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Padon Hill

📷 Rude Health · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Evistones medieval settlement, field system and three bastlesHistoric site4.2 km→✦Medieval wayside cross, 200m NNW of BrownriggHistoric site4.1 km→✦Dargues Roman campHistoric site4.2 km→✦Blakehope Roman fort and Roman temporary campHistoric site4.2 km→✦Two Romano-British settlements, two stone hut circles, field system and associated cord rig cultivation, 650m west of Nether HousesHistoric site4.3 km→✦Romano-British FarmsteadHistoric site4.4 km→

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