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St Mary's Church

📷 Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

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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
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Julie's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Julie's Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· FreeToilets

Best for

12 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shelduck, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +95 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Shelduck, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull +95 more · last seen 2026

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +47 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +47 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Prickly Saltwort, Cat's-ear, Creeping Cinquefoil +51 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Prickly Saltwort, Cat's-ear, Creeping Cinquefoil +51 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café, toilets

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

The Angel's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

53 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Valley lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Coast lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Horton lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Northburn lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Tyne to Alnmouth

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Wildlife to spot

8,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds99 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Shelduck · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Eider · Cormorant +94

ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
KnotCalidris canutus2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
QuailCoturnix coturnix2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects50 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · 10-spot Ladybird +45

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
MelanostomaMelanostoma2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Alder MandrelMonsoma pulveratum2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2024
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
House-flyMusca domestica2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae2025
BluebottleCalliphora2025
Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus2024
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Small Black AntLasius niger2024
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023

🌿

Plants53 species

wintersummer

2025

Coltsfoot · Prickly Saltwort · Cat's-ear · Creeping Cinquefoil · Yarrow +48

ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023
Prickly SaltwortSalsola kali
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Orange-peel ClematisClematis tangutica
Perennial Wall-rocketDiplotaxis tenuifolia
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum var. maritimum
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
WeldReseda luteola
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Curled DockRumex crispus
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
HonestyLunaria annua2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
IvyHedera helix2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2023
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2023
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
Bush VetchVicia sepium2023
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2023
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds99 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Shelduck · Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Eider · Cormorant +94

ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
KnotCalidris canutus2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
QuailCoturnix coturnix2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2023
Barn OwlTyto alba2023

🦌

Mammals1 species

spring

2025

Red Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris

🐸

Amphibians1 species

summer

2023

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects50 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · 10-spot Ladybird +45

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
SyrphusSyrphus2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2025
MelanostomaMelanostoma2025
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2025
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
Alder MandrelMonsoma pulveratum2025
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2025
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025
Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2024
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum2024
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis2025
Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2025
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025
Eupeodes corollaeEupeodes corollae2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025
St Marks FlyBibio marci2025
House-flyMusca domestica2025
EupeodesEupeodes2025
Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2025
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2025
Fever FlyDilophus febrilis2025
AnthomyiidaeAnthomyiidae2025
BluebottleCalliphora2025
Heather LadybirdChilocorus bipustulatus2024
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2024
Small Black AntLasius niger2024
Common BluebottleCalliphora vicina2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Broad CenturionChloromyia formosa2023
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2023
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2023
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2023

🌿

Plants53 species

wintersummer

2025

Coltsfoot · Prickly Saltwort · Cat's-ear · Creeping Cinquefoil · Yarrow +48

ColtsfootTussilago farfara2023
Prickly SaltwortSalsola kali
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Orange-peel ClematisClematis tangutica
Perennial Wall-rocketDiplotaxis tenuifolia
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum var. maritimum
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa
FennelFoeniculum vulgare
Snow-in-summerCerastium tomentosum
Sea-buckthornHippophae rhamnoides
Common RestharrowOnonis repens
WeldReseda luteola
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Curled DockRumex crispus
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
HonestyLunaria annua2024
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
IvyHedera helix2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2023
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2023
Tall MelilotMelilotus altissimus2023
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2023
Common ReedPhragmites australis2023
Bush VetchVicia sepium2023
False Fox-sedgeCarex otrubae2023
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2023
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2023
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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