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Stonygill High House

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

54.63977, -2.10576

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Jackdaw, Oystercatcher, Lapwing +62 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Jackdaw, Oystercatcher, Lapwing +62 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Sarcogyne regularis, Porpidia soredizodes, Acarospora fuscata +80 more · last seen 2016; Fungi — Sarcogyne regularis, Porpidia soredizodes, Acarospora fuscata +80 more · last seen 2016

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Insect spotting

Insects — Small Garden Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +120 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Garden Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee +120 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Red Clover, Germander Speedwell +136 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sweet Vernal-grass, Red Clover, Germander Speedwell +136 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Plants — Common Sorrel, Common Nettle, Meadowsweet +14 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
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Cycling

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

Wildlife to spot

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Stonygill High House

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Stonygill High House

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✦Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash BeckHistoric site2.8 km→✦Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick FellHistoric site4.7 km→✦Coldberry lead mine and associated hushesHistoric site1.8 km→✦Coldberry lead mineHistoric site1.9 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2.2 km→✦old lead mine workings?Historic site2 km→

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