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Quarry Wood

9 ha

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

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54.77285, -1.88711

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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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Horse riding

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Mallard +79 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Cow-wheat, Devil's-bit Scabious, Pill Sedge +21 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Cow-wheat, Devil's-bit Scabious, Pill Sedge +21 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Southern Hawker, Common Darter +46 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Emerald Damselfly, Southern Hawker, Common Darter +46 more · last seen 2025

Free

Horse riding

Strong match

Horse riding listed as facility

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Mineral Valleys Walk: Frosterley (Walk 3)Walking route7.5 km

Named routeLength 7.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Wolsingham Family WalkWalking route2.4 km

Named routeLength 2.4 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Tow LawWalking route

Named routeRef 20Round tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

4 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Satley LoopCycling route30 km

Named routeRef CDN1Length 30 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route11.5 km

Named routeRef 7Length 11.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route72 m

Named routeRef 7Length 72 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🐴

Horse riding

8 public paths nearby

Public paths

Leazes Lanebyway open to all traffic · 629 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 629 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

7,930 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

7,930 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

spring

2026

Blackbird · Mallard · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren +57

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CootFulica atra2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Phaonia angelicae · Common Hawker

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae
Common HawkerAeshna juncea

🌿

Plants44 species

spring

2025

Great Wood-rush · Wood Horsetail · Greater Stitchwort · Pill Sedge · Common Cow-wheat +39

Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
AlderAlnus glutinosa
BeechFagus sylvatica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Alchemilla acutilobaAlchemilla acutiloba
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Thread RushJuncus filiformis
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Downy OatAvenula pubescens
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
ColumbineAquilegia
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Water AvensGeum rivale
Petty WhinGenista anglica
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

7,930 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

spring

2026

Blackbird · Mallard · Blue Tit · Woodpigeon · Wren +57

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Great TitParus major2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
CootFulica atra2025
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects3 species

summer

2025

Golden-ringed Dragonfly · Phaonia angelicae · Common Hawker

Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii
Phaonia angelicaePhaonia angelicae
Common HawkerAeshna juncea

🌿

Plants44 species

spring

2025

Great Wood-rush · Wood Horsetail · Greater Stitchwort · Pill Sedge · Common Cow-wheat +39

Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Pill SedgeCarex pilulifera
Common Cow-wheatMelampyrum pratense
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
AlderAlnus glutinosa
BeechFagus sylvatica
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Alchemilla acutilobaAlchemilla acutiloba
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
Intermediate Lady's-mantleAlchemilla xanthochlora
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Thread RushJuncus filiformis
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Downy OatAvenula pubescens
Wood-sedgeCarex sylvatica
ColumbineAquilegia
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Water AvensGeum rivale
Petty WhinGenista anglica
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 brian clark · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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