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Warkworth Castle

3 ha

📷 John Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Getting here

55.34515, -1.61171

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦114+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Roseate Tern 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

🐦114+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Roseate Tern 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

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· FreeToilets

Best for

11 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Roseate Tern, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +111 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Roseate Tern, Mallard, Black-headed Gull +111 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site with public access

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Maiden Pink, Spurge-laurel, Ramsons +22 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Maiden Pink, Spurge-laurel, Ramsons +22 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +23 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Hairy-footed Flower Bee +23 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Good match

toilets

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Northumberland Coast PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Tyne to Alnmouth

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route205 m

Named routeRef 1Length 205 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route303 m

Named routeRef 1Length 303 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route4.6 km

Named routeRef 1Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

21,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Redshank · Curlew · Black-headed Gull · Lapwing +60

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Great TitParus major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects2 species

winterautumn

2026

2-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2026

Spurge-laurel · Ramsons · Great Mullein · Dog's Mercury · Snowberry

Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,712 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds65 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Redshank · Curlew · Black-headed Gull · Lapwing +60

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RookCorvus frugilegus
DunnockPrunella modularis
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Great TitParus major
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

autumn

2025

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects2 species

winterautumn

2026

2-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025

🌿

Plants5 species

spring

2026

Spurge-laurel · Ramsons · Great Mullein · Dog's Mercury · Snowberry

Spurge-laurelDaphne laureola
RamsonsAllium ursinum
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 John Allan · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🌱Warkworth Dunes Picnic SiteUrban park1 km→🦉AMBLE DUNESNature reserve3.8 km→⛪Church of St John the BaptistReligious grounds4.8 km→🐄Warkworth Farm ShopVisitor farm3.5 km→⛪St Lawrence's ChurchReligious grounds400 m→🪦East CemeteryCemetery3 km→

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