🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Mallard
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
Best for
8 activities
🦅
Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Little Grebe +92 more · last seen 2026; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Mute Swan, Mallard, Little Grebe +92 more · last seen 2026; Lowland meadows priority habitat
Free
✦
Heritage
Strong match
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Common Blue Damselfly, Small Garden Bumblebee, Common Red Soldier Beetle +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂
Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Marsh Valerian, Marsh Cinquefoil, Devil's-bit Scabious +151 more · last seen 2024
Free
🐶
Dog walks
Good match
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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5 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
Steel Rigg & Hadrians Wall WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Vindolanda & Hadrian's Wall TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularWalking route▾
Named routeRound trip
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
🚴
Cycling
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8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route567 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 567 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Mountain biking
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularMountain bike route▾
