Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.18299, -2.33716
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦47+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wren and Chaffinch
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wren, Chaffinch, Willow Warbler +44 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Wren, Chaffinch, Willow Warbler +44 more · last seen 2025; Good quality semi-improved grassland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Rough Hawkbit, Mouse-Ear-Hawkweed, Dandelion +38 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Sericomyia silentis, Cicadella viridis, Orange Ladybird +3 more · last seen 2025; Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers
Free
Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 686Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route410 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 410 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
2023
2023
White CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensCat's-earHypochaeris radicataCat's-earHypochaeris radicataBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaBluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartianaBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileHeath BedstrawGalium saxatileBush VetchVicia sepiumBush VetchVicia sepiumMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusPrimrosePrimulaPrimrosePrimulaCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataWood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticumWood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaRed CloverTrifolium pratenseRed CloverTrifolium pratenseCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaQuaking-grassBriza mediaQuaking-grassBriza mediaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaVioletViolaVioletViolaBugleAjuga reptansBugleAjuga reptansCrosswortCruciata laevipesCrosswortCruciata laevipesCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysGermander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrysLady's mantleAlchemillaLady's mantleAlchemillaCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisTormentilPotentilla erectaTormentilPotentilla erectaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaWild StrawberryFragaria vescaCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraCommon KnapweedCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisDog's MercuryMercurialis perennisForget-Me-NotMyosotisForget-Me-NotMyosotisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisPignutConopodium majusPignutConopodium majusCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensEvents & activities nearby
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