Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Dogs welcome265 ha
Getting here
54.59191, -1.80405
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Vinery Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Vinery Café — a good base for a longer summer day out
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: NORTH GATEHOUSE AND WALLS ATTACHED ENCLOSING CASTLE; GATE HOUSE FORMERLY LISTED AS 'PORTER'S LODGE'; Historic site
Free
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Woodpigeon +48 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis tenax, Red-tailed Bumblebee +20 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Druce's Crane's-bill, Ivy, Alder +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 13 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
Gaunless Valley Heritage WalkWalking route9 km▾
Named routeLength 9 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Stangarth Lanepublic footpath · 60 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 60 mPath type: service
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route7.3 km▾
Named routeRef 715Length 7.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route42 m▾
Named routeRef 715Length 42 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 715Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 715Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Deer in the park at Raby Castle
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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