Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.70300, -1.58345
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 144m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦68+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 144m 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 — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Wigeon +65 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Chaetosphaerella phaeostroma, Deer Shield, Hairy Curtain Crust +35 more · last seen 2023
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Enchanter's-nightshade, Giant Fescue, Bindweed +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Cassop-cum-Quarrington circular walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
West Bowburn WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Riverside TrailWalking route3.5 km▾
Named routeLength 3.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route822 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 822 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
15,338 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,338 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Ruff · Black-tailed Godwit +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Frog
Cleavers · Musk-mallow · Japanese Rose · Common Vetch · Hazel +2
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
- Common VetchVicia sativa2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Dog-roseRosa canina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,338 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds29 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Shoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Ruff · Black-tailed Godwit +24
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa2025
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2025
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Frog
Cleavers · Musk-mallow · Japanese Rose · Common Vetch · Hazel +2
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Musk-mallowMalva moschata2025
- Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2025
- Common VetchVicia sativa2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Dog-roseRosa canina2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Fritillary
Fritillary
Fritillaria meleagris2025
Fritillaria meleagris2025
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