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Tebb Wood

✦ Ancient woodland16 ha

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

BirdsWildlifeFungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha

Getting here

54.50039, -1.88836

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🐦84+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
  • 🍄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

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome
  • 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Chaffinch +81 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Chaffinch +81 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

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

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Dead Moll's Fingers, Torth Felen, Common Puffball +195 more · last seen 2023; Fungi — Dead Moll's Fingers, Torth Felen, Common Puffball +195 more · last seen 2023

Varies

Seasonal nature

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Dotted Thyme-moss, Crescent-cup Liverwort, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss +12 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Fungi — Beechleaf Bonnet, Chicken Of The Woods, Shaggy Parasol +10 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Dog walks

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Former NCN 70 around Barnard CastleCycling route
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional cycle route
A66 Cycle RouteCycling route
Named routeRef A66Regional cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route

Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)

Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
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Horse riding

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

Photos

River Greta in Tebb Wood

📷 Sandy Gerrard · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

River Greta in Tebb Wood

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱The Bowes MuseumUrban park4.9 km→✦ROKEBY PARKHistoric site2.5 km→✦Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham MoorHistoric site4.2 km→✦Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham MoorHistoric site2 km→✦Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman roadHistoric site2 km→✦Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval houseHistoric site3.6 km→

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