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Shieling, 120m west of Paddaburn Crags

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📷 Phil Thirkell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

55.10345, -2.55404

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦55+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Meadow Pipit and Wren
  • 🍄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

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Chaffinch +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Chaffinch +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Lecanora intricata, Trapelia coarctata, Cladonia furcata +59 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Lecanora intricata, Trapelia coarctata, Cladonia furcata +59 more · last seen 2013

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Papillose Bog-moss, Flat-topped Bog-moss, Bog Groove-moss +89 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Papillose Bog-moss, Flat-topped Bog-moss, Bog Groove-moss +89 more · last seen 2022

Free

Wildlife

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Chaffinch +52 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Wren, Chaffinch +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Common Hawker +8 more · last seen 2016; Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Common Hawker +8 more · last seen 2016

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Paddaburn Crags

📷 Phil Thirkell · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Paddaburn Crags

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Round cairn, 220m north of Tom's CragsHistoric site1.1 km→✦Two shielings 150m NNW of Tom's CragsHistoric site1.2 km→✦Shieling 210m north of Irthing HeadHistoric site1.9 km→✦Horse Head medieval shieling on Greyfell Common 50m west of confluence of Gosling Sike and Horsehead GrainHistoric site3.4 km→✦Three shielings on Foulbog Rigg; the westernmost of a group of sevenHistoric site3.5 km→✦Woolfe Kennel cave shieling at Kennel CragsHistoric site900 m→

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