🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Meadow Pipit
✦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
🐦59+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Meadow Pipit
✦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
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
Best for
7 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +56 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Swallow, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +56 more · last seen 2025; Upland flushes, fens and swamps priority habitat
Free
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Heritage
Strong match
Historic site with public access
Free
🥾
Hiking
Strong match
Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm); Named hiking route nearby: Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Good match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🏡
Historic gardens
Good match
Historic site with public access
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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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
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1 signed route nearby
Route 686Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
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Horse riding
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7 public paths nearby
Public paths
Dere Streetrestricted byway · 941 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 941 mPath type: track
