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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.62589, -2.08188
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Grouse and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Tees'pot — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black Grouse and Mallard
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕The Tees'pot — 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🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black Grouse, Mallard, Wigeon +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Black Grouse, Mallard, Wigeon +87 more · last seen 2025
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Tree Bumblebee +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 19 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Low Force GeotrailWalking route4 km▾
Named routeLength 4 kmLocal walking route
Leekworth Lanepublic footpath · 847 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 847 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
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
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Hamsterley Common CircuitMountain bike route38 km▾
Named routeRef CDW13Length 38 kmRound tripLocal cycle route
Photos
Discarded stone window, graveyard of St Mary's Church, Middleton-in-Teesdale
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