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Shieling 930m SSW of Mounthooly

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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WildlifeBirdsFungi
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

55.48853, -2.19305

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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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Goldeneye, Redwing, Whooper Swan +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Goldeneye, Redwing, Whooper Swan +69 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Oily Waxcap, Madarch y Maes, Nitrous Bonnet +18 more · last seen 2022; Fungi — Oily Waxcap, Madarch y Maes, Nitrous Bonnet +18 more · last seen 2022

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Great Wood-rush, Broad Buckler-fern, Parsley Fern +101 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Great Wood-rush, Broad Buckler-fern, Parsley Fern +101 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Nettle, Bilberry, Wood-sorrel +12 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Kirk Yetholm) - deviationWalking route

to keep main route contiguous for route analysis

Named routeLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Yetholm) - deviation to The Cheviot via Scotsman's CairnWalking route
Named routeNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Track to Mounthooly, College Burn

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Track to Mounthooly, College Burn

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