Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.53482, -1.67571
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chiffchaff
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Piercebridge Organic Farm Shop & Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Chiffchaff
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Piercebridge Organic Farm Shop & Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Historic site with public access; Grade II* listed building: PIERCE BRIDGE
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Chiffchaff, Carrion Crow +70 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Criorhina floccosa, Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Cercopis vulnerata +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Giant Hogweed, Himalayan Balsam, Dame's-violet +80 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route189 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 189 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
3,605 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,605 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Sand Martin · Mallard +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Criorhina floccosa · 7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cantharis cryptica +1
- Criorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
🌿Plants21 species
springsummer
2026▾
Giant Hogweed · Clustered Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Great Scented Liverwort · Holly +16
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- White Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,605 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Sand Martin · Mallard +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- DipperCinclus cinclus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects6 species
springsummer
2025▾
Criorhina floccosa · 7-spot Ladybird · Mesembrina meridiana · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle · Cantharis cryptica +1
- Criorhina floccosaCriorhina floccosa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis
- Cantharis crypticaCantharis cryptica
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
🌿Plants21 species
springsummer
2026▾
Giant Hogweed · Clustered Feather-moss · Springy Turf-moss · Great Scented Liverwort · Holly +16
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
- Clustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertum
- Springy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosus
- Great Scented LiverwortConocephalum conicum
- HollyIlex aquifolium2025
- White Dead-nettle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lamium album2025
Lamium album2025
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common Blue-sow-thistleCicerbita macrophylla2025Common Blue-sow-thistleCicerbita macrophylla2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2025Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches2025Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches2025Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Events & activities nearby
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