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Raw Hill

46 ha

📷 Les Hull · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome46 ha

Getting here

55.30497, -2.37537

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕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
Horse riding

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Tawny Owl, Wren, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tawny Owl, Wren, Chaffinch +59 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Dark Crottle, Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat., Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. +145 more · last seen 2021; Fungi — Dark Crottle, Cladonia chlorophaea s. lat., Parmelia saxatilis s. lat. +145 more · last seen 2021

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Oak Eggar, Sericostoma personatum +66 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Oak Eggar, Sericostoma personatum +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Yarrow, Rowan, Yew +23 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Yarrow, Rowan, Yew +23 more · last seen 2022

Free

Horse riding

Horse riding listed as facility

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 686Cycling route
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Forest Track below Raw Hill

📷 Les Hull · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Forest Track below Raw Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

⛪St Francis ChurchReligious grounds1.3 km→✦The Three Kings four poster stone circle and round cairnHistoric site1.2 km→✦Three Kings Stone CircleHistoric site1.2 km→✦Long cairn 360m south west of Dour HillHistoric site3.1 km→✦Round cairn on western slopes of Dour Hill, 250m south west of summitHistoric site3.2 km→

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