Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.43605, -1.40068
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🐕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
- 🐦42+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- 🐕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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Wren +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Wren +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Wood Avens, Welsh Poppy, Creeping Buttercup +31 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
⛪Churchyard walks
Good match
Churchyard or religious grounds — wildlife sanctuary and quiet reflection
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 165
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Coast to Coast Walk (Richmond to Robin Hood’s Bay)Walking route▾
Named routeRef C2CRegional walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route313 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 313 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.2 km▾
Named routeRef 165Length 1.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route370 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 370 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route156 m▾
Named routeRef 165Length 156 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 165Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Interior, St Mary's Church
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Wildlife to spot
632 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
632 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Greenfinch · Jackdaw +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Wood Avens · Creeping Buttercup · Elder · Welsh Poppy · Daisy +29
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
632 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Blackbird · Wren · Greenfinch · Jackdaw +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- SwiftApus apus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- Great TitParus major2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2023
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2023
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2022▾
Mole · Roe Deer · Hedgehog
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021
Wood Avens · Creeping Buttercup · Elder · Welsh Poppy · Daisy +29
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Dog-roseRosa canina
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas