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Tod Hill

91 ha

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsSeasonal
Free entryDogs welcome91 ha

Getting here

55.04627, -2.42223

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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

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Robin +47 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Robin +47 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Common Feather-moss, Flat-topped Bog-moss, Heath Plait-moss +101 more · last seen 2023; Plants — Common Feather-moss, Flat-topped Bog-moss, Heath Plait-moss +101 more · last seen 2023

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Ringlet +23 more · last seen 2019; Insects — Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Ringlet +23 more · last seen 2019

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Peltigera hymenina, Micarea micrococca · last seen 2013; Fungi — Peltigera hymenina, Micarea micrococca · last seen 2013

Varies

Foraging

Plants — Bulrush, Water Mint, Rowan +4 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
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
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Cycling

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route115 m
Named routeRef 68Length 115 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route7.8 km
Named routeRef 68Length 7.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route434 m
Named routeRef 68Length 434 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km
Named routeRef 68Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route3.4 km
Named routeRef 68Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
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Mountain biking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Riever Trails: The Sill CircularMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip
Stonehaugh TrailMountain bike route
Named routeRound trip
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Forest road at Bill's Hill

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Forest road at Bill's Hill

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Roman aqueduct to Great Chesters from the CawburnHistoric site4.3 km→✦Enclosed cremation cemetery and shieling 990m north of Gibbs Hill FarmHistoric site3.1 km→✦Shieling on N bank of Irthing below Bells BraesHistoric site4.1 km→✦Shieling 290m south west of Benty SikeHistoric site4.2 km→✦Shieling, 500m east of Stowerhill PlantationHistoric site4.2 km→✦Shieling at Sundayburn LinnHistoric site4.5 km→

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