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Roman period native settlement

📷 Ben Gamble · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

54.64658, -2.15450

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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
  • 🌿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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
Parking· Free

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chaffinch, Great Tit, Blue Tit +73 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Sericomyia silentis, Peacock +81 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Sericomyia silentis, Peacock +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Twayblade, Devil's-bit Scabious, Melancholy Thistle +94 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Twayblade, Devil's-bit Scabious, Melancholy Thistle +94 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Meadowsweet, Raspberry, Wild Strawberry +10 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route

UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.

Named routeRegional walking route
Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Low Force GeotrailWalking route4 km
Named routeLength 4 kmLocal walking route
High Force GeotrailWalking route6.5 km
Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Wynch Bridgepublic footpath · 15 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 15 mSurface woodPath type: footway
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

River Tees

📷 Ben Gamble · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

River Tees

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick FellHistoric site1.6 km→✦Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash BeckHistoric site2.5 km→✦Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force GarthHistoric site2.4 km→✦Coldberry lead mine and associated hushesHistoric site3.4 km→✦Coldberry lead mineHistoric site3.9 km→✦Barney ByreHistoric site1 km→

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