Simonside Cairn 670m west-north-west of Old Stell Crag 0 ha
Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife✦ Heritage
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 0 ha
Getting here
55.28253, -1.96362
Open directionsv ✦ Scheduled Ancient Monument — Nationally protected archaeological site on the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). Scheduled monuments represent the best surviving examples of England's irreplaceable archaeological heritage.
Architectural structure scheduled monument
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch ✦ 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
🐦 89+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch ✦ 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 — Wren, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +86 more · last seen 2025; Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
Birds — Wren, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +86 more · last seen 2025; Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Green Tiger Beetle, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Bilberry Bumblebee +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Pirri-pirri-bur, Chickweed Wintergreen, Wood-sorrel +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Greenleighton Moor Walk, Wallington Walking route 9.6 km ▾
Follow the route through Greenleighton Farm, traditional hill farm, and then along the edge of the Fontburn Reservoir, owned & managed by Northumbrian Water, before returning across the moor to the SSSI designated Greenleighton quarry.
Named route Length 9.6 km Duration 02:00-03:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Photos The summit cairn of Simonside
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Wildlife to spot
2,050 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 2,050 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Wren · Red Grouse (scotica) · Willow Warbler · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon +37
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Great Tit Parus major Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Green Tiger Beetle · Small Heath · Mottled Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Broad Centurion +14
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Bilberry Bumblebee Pirri-pirri-bur · Chickweed Wintergreen · Wood-sorrel · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Common Cottongrass +13
Pirri-pirri-bur Acaena novae-zelandiae Chickweed Wintergreen Lysimachia europaea Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium2024 Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 2,050 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 42 species
spring summer
2026 ▾
Wren · Red Grouse (scotica) · Willow Warbler · Meadow Pipit · Woodpigeon +37
Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Red Grouse (scotica) Lagopus scotica2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Raven Corvus corax2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2025 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2025 Great Tit Parus major Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2024 Linnet Linaria cannabina2024 Tawny Owl Strix aluco Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2024 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla2024 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2024 Greylag Goose Anser anser2024 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2023 🦌 Mammals 2 species
winter spring summer autumn
2026 ▾
Red Squirrel · Roe Deer
Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus2025 🦎 Reptiles 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Common Lizard
Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara Green Tiger Beetle · Small Heath · Mottled Grasshopper · Hairy Shieldbug · Broad Centurion +14
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Bilberry Bumblebee Pirri-pirri-bur · Chickweed Wintergreen · Wood-sorrel · Hare's-tail Cottongrass · Common Cottongrass +13
Pirri-pirri-bur Acaena novae-zelandiae Chickweed Wintergreen Lysimachia europaea Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella Hare's-tail Cottongrass Eriophorum vaginatum Common Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium2024 Cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea2023 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus monticola
Bombus monticola
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Sericomyia silentis Sericomyia silentis
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum
Leucozona lucorum Leucozona lucorum
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene
Birch Clubhorn Cimbex femoratus
Birch Clubhorn Cimbex femoratus
Carabus nitens Carabus nitens
Carabus nitens Carabus nitens Heath Speedwell
Heath Speedwell
Veronica officinalis
Veronica officinalis
Deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum
Deergrass Trichophorum cespitosum
Small Restharrow Ononis reclinata2024
Small Restharrow Ononis reclinata2024
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2024
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea2024
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2024
Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensis2024
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2024
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2024
Shallon Gaultheria shallon2023
Shallon Gaultheria shallon2023
Tormentil Potentilla erecta2023
Tormentil Potentilla erecta2023
Bog Groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre2023
Bog Groove-moss Aulacomnium palustre2023
Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos2023
Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccos2023
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix2023
Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix2023
Creeping Willow Salix repens2023
Creeping Willow Salix repens2023 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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