Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.65879, -1.68114
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Morrisons — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Morrisons — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Tree Bumblebee, Red-legged Shieldbug +11 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Mineral Valleys Walk - Escomb, Witton Park & EtherleyWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Locomotion & Historic ShildonWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Locomotion WayCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmLocal cycle route
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 715Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
13,848 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,848 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie +46
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Adonis' Ladybird
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Apple · Soft Shield-fern · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Sun Spurge · Chicory +51
- AppleMalus domestica
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,848 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Magpie +46
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- SwiftApus apus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red-legged Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird · Adonis' Ladybird
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Apple · Soft Shield-fern · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Sun Spurge · Chicory +51
- AppleMalus domestica
- Soft Shield-fernPolystichum setiferum
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
- Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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