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📷 Wikipedia · Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Getting here

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 66m away — 2 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 66m away — 2 car parks within reach

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +75 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Daisy, Ribwort Plantain, Cow Parsley +36 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Daisy, Ribwort Plantain, Cow Parsley +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +30 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Carder Bee, 7-spot Ladybird +30 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Nettle, Garlic Mustard, Meadowsweet +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

H100 - Beamish ValleyWalking route

Named routeRef 1Round tripLocal walking route

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km

Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route

The Angel's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

86 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 14Cycling route

Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network

Bowes Railway PathCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Angel CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Beamish LoopCycling route11 km

Named routeRef CDN6Length 11 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

Mount Roadbridleway · 64 m

Public pathbridlewayLength 64 mPath type: residential

Wildlife to spot

4,080 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,080 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Magpie +74

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
MagpiePica pica
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
SwiftApus apus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
TealAnas crecca2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
EiderSomateria mollissima2021

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Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Rabbit

Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +23

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023
St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2022
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2022
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2021
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2021
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2021
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021

🌿

Plants79 species

spring

2025

Ribwort Plantain · Lady's Bedstraw · Daisy · Common Ragwort · Dandelion +74

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022
HazelCorylus avellana2022
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
WeldReseda luteola2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
WillowSalix2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Rosa caninaRosa canina2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
Goat WillowSalix caprea2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
OakQuercus2022
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
CherryPrunus2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022
RaspberryRubus idaeus2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Red FescueFestuca rubra2022
Bromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceus2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022
GorseUlex europaeus2022
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2022
RowanSorbus aucuparia2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
BulrushTypha latifolia2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2022
Tall TutsanHypericum androsaemum x hircinum = H. x inodorum2022
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2022
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2022
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021
Pea BryumBryum ruderale2021
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2021
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2021
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2021
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2021
NipplewortLapsana communis2021
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,080 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

autumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Magpie +74

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
MagpiePica pica
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Great TitParus major2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2023
SwiftApus apus2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2022
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2022
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
Greylag GooseAnser anser2022
TealAnas crecca2022
House MartinDelichon urbicum2021
EiderSomateria mollissima2021

🦌

Mammals5 species

autumn

2025

Brown Rat · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Rabbit

Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021

🐸

Amphibians2 species

winterspring

2026

Common Toad · Great Crested Newt

Common ToadBufo bufo
Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2024

🐝

Insects28 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +23

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2022
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
Apion frumentariumApion frumentarium
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2024
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023
St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis2022
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2022
Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus2021
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2021
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2021
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2021
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2021
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2021
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021

🌿

Plants79 species

spring

2025

Ribwort Plantain · Lady's Bedstraw · Daisy · Common Ragwort · Dandelion +74

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2022
HazelCorylus avellana2022
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum
Red CampionSilene dioica
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
WeldReseda luteola2024
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
WillowSalix2022
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2022
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2022
Rosa caninaRosa canina2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
Goat WillowSalix caprea2022
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022
OakQuercus2022
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022
CherryPrunus2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2022
RaspberryRubus idaeus2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Red FescueFestuca rubra2022
Bromus hordeaceusBromus hordeaceus2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2022
GorseUlex europaeus2022
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2022
RowanSorbus aucuparia2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2022
BulrushTypha latifolia2022
AshFraxinus excelsior2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2022
Tall TutsanHypericum androsaemum x hircinum = H. x inodorum2022
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2022
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2022
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2022
Common Feather-mossKindbergia praelonga2021
Pea BryumBryum ruderale2021
Bird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculata2021
Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum2021
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2021
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2021
NipplewortLapsana communis2021
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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