Roman camp, 900m NNE of Featherwood
21 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome21 ha
Getting here
55.34437, -2.28506
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Skylark
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦28+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Skylark
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Skylark, Meadow Pipit +25 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Swallow, Skylark, Meadow Pipit +25 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers; Insects — Cicadella viridis · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Springy Turf-moss, Ribwort Plantain · last seen 2020
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
1 signed route nearby
Route 686Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
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Featherwood East Roman Camp
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
1,226 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,226 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swallow · Skylark · Meadow Pipit · Wheatear · Curlew +6
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
Cicadella viridis
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Ribwort Plantain · Common Sedge · Heath Bedstraw · Sneezewort · Carnation Sedge +93
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common SedgeCarex nigra2018
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2018
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2018
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2018
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2018
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,226 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds11 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swallow · Skylark · Meadow Pipit · Wheatear · Curlew +6
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2020
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2019
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2019
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2019
Cicadella viridis
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
Ribwort Plantain · Common Sedge · Heath Bedstraw · Sneezewort · Carnation Sedge +93
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Common SedgeCarex nigra2018
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2018
- SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2018
- Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2018
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2018
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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