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Park End Wood

✦ Ancient woodland9 ha

📷 peter robinson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsWildlifeForaging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

Getting here

54.62883, -2.12011

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Pheasant
  • 🌿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
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Walking trails

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Chaffinch +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Oystercatcher, Pheasant, Chaffinch +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Common Sorrel, Meadowsweet +13 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Red Clover, Germander Speedwell, Common Nettle +120 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Small Garden Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +151 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Garden Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +151 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route

UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.

Named routeRegional walking route
Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Tees Railway PathWalking route9.7 km

Follows route of former Tees Valley Railway

Named routeLength 9.7 kmLocal walking route
Low Force GeotrailWalking route4 km
Named routeLength 4 kmLocal walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Track in Park End Wood at Holwick

📷 peter robinson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Track in Park End Wood at Holwick

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash BeckHistoric site1.5 km→✦Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick FellHistoric site4 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2.5 km→✦Coldberry lead mine and associated hushesHistoric site3.2 km→✦Coldberry lead mineHistoric site3.4 km→✦Window traceryHistoric site2.4 km→

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