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📷 Robert Graham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

Getting here

54.90798, -1.40536

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 254m away — 6 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 254m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +53 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shoveler, Black-tailed Godwit, Wigeon +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Cream-spot Ladybird +13 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Cream-spot Ladybird +13 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Black Nightshade, Rosebay Willowherb, Blue Eryngo +5 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Black Nightshade, Rosebay Willowherb, Blue Eryngo +5 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South BentsWalking route

Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route

Way of LearningWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Bede's WayWalking route19 km

Route linking linking the twin Anglo-Saxon monasteries of St Peter’s in Wearmouth and St Paul’s in Jarrow

Named routeLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

103 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route53 m

Named routeRef 7Length 53 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Harton Branch RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

9,552 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,552 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Rock Dove · Herring Gull +53

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PochardAythya ferina
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great TitParus major2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

summerautumn

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Grey Seal · Humpback Whale · Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise +2

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
White-beaked DolphinLagenorhynchus albirostris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects16 species

springwinter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +11

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
SepsisSepsis2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2025

Black Nightshade · Rosebay Willowherb · Blue Eryngo · Snowberry · Great Mullein +3

Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Blue EryngoEryngium planum
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,552 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Wigeon · Rock Dove · Herring Gull +53

ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
WigeonMareca penelope
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
PochardAythya ferina
MagpiePica pica
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
RuffCalidris pugnax2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Great TitParus major2025
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
TealAnas crecca2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
MerlinFalco columbarius2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals7 species

summerautumn

2025

Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Grey Seal · Humpback Whale · Harbour Seal · Common Porpoise +2

Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae
Harbour SealPhoca vitulina
Common PorpoisePhocoena phocoena
White-beaked DolphinLagenorhynchus albirostris
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects16 species

springwinter

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +11

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025
Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2025
SepsisSepsis2025
Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2025

🌿

Plants8 species

summer

2025

Black Nightshade · Rosebay Willowherb · Blue Eryngo · Snowberry · Great Mullein +3

Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Blue EryngoEryngium planum
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris
Garden PrivetLigustrum ovalifolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Robert Graham · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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