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Robinrock Plantations

32 ha

📷 Andrew Curtis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome32 ha

Getting here

55.02877, -2.41857

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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
Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Willow Warbler +57 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Willow Warbler +57 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Glittering Wood-moss, Broom Fork-moss, Tumid Notchwort +108 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Glittering Wood-moss, Broom Fork-moss, Tumid Notchwort +108 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland raised bog — bog butterflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Green-veined White, Small Heath, Orange-tip +15 more · last seen 2019

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Peltigera rufescens, Peltigera hymenina, Micarea micrococca · last seen 2013; Fungi — Peltigera rufescens, Peltigera hymenina, Micarea micrococca · last seen 2013

Varies

Foraging

Plants — Bulrush, Crowberry agg., Hazel +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Steel Rigg & Hadrians Wall WalkWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Vindolanda & Hadrian's Wall TrailWalking route
Named routeLocal walking route
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularWalking route
Named routeRound trip
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

13 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route115 m
Named routeRef 68Length 115 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.8 km
Named routeRef 68Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route434 m
Named routeRef 68Length 434 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route567 m
Named routeRef 72Length 567 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip
Stonehaugh TrailMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Rocky land west of Robinrock Plantations

📷 Andrew Curtis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Rocky land west of Robinrock Plantations

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱Cawfields Picnic SiteUrban park4.4 km→✦Milestone House Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman roadHistoric site4.5 km→✦Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall)Historic site4.6 km→✦Hadrian's Wall, associated features and a Romano-British settlement between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road through Caw Gap in wall miles 39 to 41Historic site3.3 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road to Caw Gap and the Caw Burn in wall miles 41 and 42Historic site4 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and associated features between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park in wall miles 37, 38 and 39Historic site4.1 km→

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