Plan your visit
🦅Birds🧺Picnic🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
54.94099, -2.73816
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦18+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Long-tailed Tit and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Capon Tree Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦18+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Long-tailed Tit and Blue Tit
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Capon Tree Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Dunnock +15 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus, Marmalade Hoverfly, 7-spot Ladybird +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Himalayan Balsam, Harebell, Yorkshire-fog +101 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Cumbria CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route630 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 630 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route428 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.8 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route480 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 480 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Old gravestrones in the churchyard of St. Martin's Church
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
12,042 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,042 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds18 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Robin · Coal Tit +13
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana
Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus · 14-spot Ladybird +22
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Himalayan Balsam · Harebell · Red Campion · Wall-rue · Hawthorn +99
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,042 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds18 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Long-tailed Tit · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Robin · Coal Tit +13
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummer
2026▾
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- FrogRana
Syrphus · Marmalade Hoverfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Platycheirus · 14-spot Ladybird +22
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Greater Bulb-FlyMerodon equestris
Himalayan Balsam · Harebell · Red Campion · Wall-rue · Hawthorn +99
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
- HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas