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Peat Rigg

120 ha

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome120 ha

Getting here

55.02711, -2.52794

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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
  • 🐕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
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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

Photos

Peat Rigg

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Walltown Country ParkUrban park4.4 km→✦Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46Historic site4.6 km→✦Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47Historic site4.7 km→✦Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45Historic site4.4 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46Historic site4.4 km→✦Thirlwall CastleHistoric site4.3 km→

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