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📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

54.58861, -2.13459

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦50+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Oystercatcher
  • ✦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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome
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Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Greylag Goose +47 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Greylag Goose +47 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Leuctra fusca, Paraleptophlebia submarginata, Philopotamus montanus +2 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Leuctra fusca, Paraleptophlebia submarginata, Philopotamus montanus +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
Tees Railway PathWalking route9.7 km

Follows route of former Tees Valley Railway

Named routeLength 9.7 kmLocal walking route
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
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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

Selset Reservoir

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Selset Reservoir

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 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 site4.2 km→💧Selset ReservoirReservoir500 m→💧Selset ReservoirReservoir500 m→💧Grassholme ReservoirReservoir2.5 km→💧Grassholme ReservoirReservoir2.5 km→💧Balderhead ReservoirReservoir3.1 km→

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