Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.65323, -1.44838
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Aubergine Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Great Tit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Aubergine Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: CHURCH OF ST EDMUND; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Magpie +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emperor Dragonfly +10 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Hardwick Park & Bishop's FenWalking route▾
Named routeRef 7Round tripLocal walking route
Historical Circuit WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
H100 - SedgefieldWalking route▾
Named routeRef 12Round tripLocal walking route
21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Hardwick Park circular routeCycling route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route76 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 76 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route4 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 4 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route260 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Photos
St Edmund's Church, Sedgefield
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,689 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,689 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Jackdaw +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common GullLarus canus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Syrphus
Wall-rue · Cow Parsley · Pedunculate Oak · Bulbous Buttercup · Yellow-rattle +72
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,689 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Robin · Mute Swan · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen · Jackdaw +42
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GadwallMareca strepera
- CootFulica atra
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Common GullLarus canus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Syrphus
Wall-rue · Cow Parsley · Pedunculate Oak · Bulbous Buttercup · Yellow-rattle +72
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
- Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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