🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Moorhen
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Walltown National Park Centre — 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 Moorhen
🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
☕Walltown National Park Centre — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Good to know
£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🚻Toilets
Best for
11 activities
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Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Moorhen, Curlew +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
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Wildlife
Strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Moorhen, Curlew +74 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺
Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🛝
Family friendly
Strong match
café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦋
Insect spotting
Strong match
Priority ponds — dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic invertebrates; Insects — Common Carder Bee, Green Tiger Beetle, Eristalis intricaria +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄
Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Snowy Waxcap, Meadow Coral, Meadow Waxcap +121 more · last seen 2021
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km
🚶
Walking
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3 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route▾
Named routeNational walking route
South Tyne TrailWalking route37 km▾
Named routeLength 37 kmRegional walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling
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46 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 route104 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 104 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route352 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 352 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route557 m▾
Named routeRef 72Length 557 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
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Mountain biking
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2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
South Tyne TrailMountain bike route37 km▾
Named routeLength 37 kmRegional cycle route
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km▾
