Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.01584, -2.13157
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 148m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦72+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 148m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Chiffchaff +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Chiffchaff +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, Red-tailed Bumblebee +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LightWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Hexham LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route452 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 452 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route71 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 71 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
War memorial on the green
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,966 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,966 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Goldcrest · Robin · Wren · Chiffchaff +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Larch Ladybird · Spiked Shieldbug +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Field Forget-me-not · Foxglove · Wood Sage · Climbing Corydalis · Wood-sorrel +2
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024
- Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2024
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,966 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Goldcrest · Robin · Wren · Chiffchaff +37
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Willow TitPoecile montanus2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
7-spot Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Larch Ladybird · Spiked Shieldbug +10
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
- SyrphusSyrphus2025
- Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata2025
- Spiked ShieldbugPicromerus bidens2025
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Field Forget-me-not · Foxglove · Wood Sage · Climbing Corydalis · Wood-sorrel +2
- Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
- Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2024
- Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata2024
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
- Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
BumblebeeBombus2024BumblebeeBombus2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Helina evectaHelina evecta2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax20242024
2024
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