Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
54.52327, -1.55155
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕16 — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕16 — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Syrphus, Harlequin Ladybird +32 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barmpton & Little KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 2Round tripLocal walking route
38 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
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
Morton Park Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MortonLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Photos
Riverside Park (Manhattan)
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
16,244 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,244 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Moorhen +26
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Brandt's Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga · Eudasyphora cyanella +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
🌿Plants42 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Yew · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Red Valerian · Hogweed · Hart's-Tongue +37
- YewTaxus baccata
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,244 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Mallard · Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Blackbird · Moorhen +26
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- CootFulica atra
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Noctule · Brandt's Bat
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Scathophaga · Eudasyphora cyanella +13
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
- Eudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanella
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
🌿Plants42 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Yew · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Red Valerian · Hogweed · Hart's-Tongue +37
- YewTaxus baccata
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red Dead-nettle
Red Dead-nettle
Lamium purpureum2025
Lamium purpureum2025
Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Colorado SprucePicea pungens2025Colorado SprucePicea pungens2025Hoary PlantainPlantago media2025Hoary PlantainPlantago media2025Boston-ivyParthenocissus tricuspidata2025Boston-ivyParthenocissus tricuspidata2025AspenPopulus tremula2025AspenPopulus tremula2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025Silver BirchBetula pendula2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Sorbus aria x aucuparia = S. x thuringiacaSorbus aria x aucuparia = S. x thuringiaca2025Sorbus aria x aucuparia = S. x thuringiacaSorbus aria x aucuparia = S. x thuringiaca2025White OakQuercus alba2025White OakQuercus alba2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Dawn RedwoodMetasequoia glyptostroboides2025Dawn RedwoodMetasequoia glyptostroboides2025Service-treeSorbus domestica2025Service-treeSorbus domestica2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Events & activities nearby
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