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St Columba Parish Church

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

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55.05244, -1.62543

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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
🌿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

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿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

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Mallard +93 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Blue Tit, Mallard +93 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Green Snowdrop, Bristly Oxtongue, Shasta Daisy +112 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Green Snowdrop, Bristly Oxtongue, Shasta Daisy +112 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bristly Oxtongue, Pedunculate Oak, Garlic Mustard +10 more foraging species

Varies

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Reivers' Route

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

The Angel's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle Route 4Cycling route

Named routeRef 4Local cycle route

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Valley lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

East lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Nelson lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Coast lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route

Named 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

🐴

Horse riding

9 public paths nearby

Public paths

Little Waters Lanebridleway · 611 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 611 mSurface asphaltPath type: unclassified

Wildlife to spot

45,158 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

45,158 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Magpie +58

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GadwallMareca strepera
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Black East Indian DuckBlack East Indian Duck
Willow TitPoecile montanus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RookCorvus frugilegus
TealAnas crecca
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Green Snowdrop · Groundsel

Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii
GroundselSenecio vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

45,158 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

winter

2026

Mallard · Robin · Black-headed Gull · Greylag Goose · Magpie +58

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RobinErithacus rubecula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
CootFulica atra
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GadwallMareca strepera
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Black East Indian DuckBlack East Indian Duck
Willow TitPoecile montanus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
GreenfinchChloris chloris
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
DunnockPrunella modularis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RookCorvus frugilegus
TealAnas crecca
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Coal TitPeriparus ater
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Gadwall x MallardMareca strepera x Anas platyrhynchos
American WigeonMareca americana
Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus
European White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons albifrons
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata

🌿

Plants2 species

winter

2026

Green Snowdrop · Groundsel

Green SnowdropGalanthus woronowii
GroundselSenecio vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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