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Stewartshiels Plantation

250 ha

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome250 ha

Getting here

55.29690, -2.23472

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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

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌳Large woodland — room to roam
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Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats; Birds — Skylark, Tawny Owl, Meadow Pipit +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Dusky Fork-moss, Common Feather-moss, Trunk Pawwort +38 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Dusky Fork-moss, Common Feather-moss, Trunk Pawwort +38 more · last seen 2020

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Stewartshiels Plantation

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Stewartshiels Plantation

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦BremeniumHistoric site2.6 km→✦Bremenium Roman station, High RochesterHistoric site2.6 km→✦Romano-British settlement, field system and cord rig cultivation 390m north east of Yatesfield HillHistoric site2.6 km→✦Branshaw deserted settlement, bastle, field system and section of Roman roadHistoric site2.8 km→✦Roman camp, 250m north-west of SilloansHistoric site3 km→✦Evistones medieval settlement, field system and three bastlesHistoric site4.1 km→

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