Plan your visit
🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.02020, -1.56428
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Nuthatch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Rosetta Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Oystercatcher and Nuthatch
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Rosetta Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Oystercatcher, Nuthatch, Goldfinch +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Oystercatcher, Nuthatch, Goldfinch +39 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Heritage Trails: WallWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
69 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Cycle Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Waggonways Cycle Route A - Seaton BurnMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route B - Burradon and KillingworthMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route LinkMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route C - BackworthMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Construction of Forest Hall Bridge, 1963
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
34,686 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
34,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkOystercatcher · Nuthatch · Goldfinch · Black-headed Gull · Great Crested Grebe +37
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Wireworm · Cream-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- WirewormElateridae
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Orange Ladybird
Daffodil · Primrose · Bluebell · Heath Speedwell · Ramsons +1
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
34,686 records · National Biodiversity NetworkOystercatcher · Nuthatch · Goldfinch · Black-headed Gull · Great Crested Grebe +37
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Wireworm · Cream-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +4
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- WirewormElateridae
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
- Orange Ladybird
Daffodil · Primrose · Bluebell · Heath Speedwell · Ramsons +1
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
- Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
- RamsonsAllium ursinum
- AlderAlnus glutinosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Halyzia sedecimguttata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipesRed-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataEvents & activities nearby
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