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Peat Rigg

120 ha
WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome120 ha

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
  • 🐕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
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +45 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch +45 more · last seen 2024

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Flat-topped Bog-moss, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Heath Plait-moss +127 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Flat-topped Bog-moss, Red-stemmed Feather-moss, Heath Plait-moss +127 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Lepidostoma hirtum +7 more · last seen 2015; Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Lepidostoma hirtum +7 more · last seen 2015

Free

Foraging

Plants — Forcipated Pincerwort, Two-horned Pincerwort, Crowberry agg. +1 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

20 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 72Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route557 m
Named routeRef 72Length 557 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route232 m
Named routeRef 72Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m
Named routeRef 72Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route24 m
Named routeRef 72Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

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