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Waterhead Plantation

22 ha

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome22 ha

Getting here

55.01567, -2.58536

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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
Walking trails

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Chaffinch, Willow Warbler, Wren +53 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Willow Warbler, Wren +53 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Conifer Mazegill, Oak Moss, Dark Crottle +8 more · last seen 2015; Fungi — Conifer Mazegill, Oak Moss, Dark Crottle +8 more · last seen 2015

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Peacock, Green-veined White, Ringlet +87 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Peacock, Green-veined White, Ringlet +87 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bank Haircap, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Heath Plait-moss +172 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Bank Haircap, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Heath Plait-moss +172 more · last seen 2022

Free

Foraging

Plants — Great Scented Liverwort, Wood-rust, Two-horned Pincerwort +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
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Cycling

22 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km
Named routeRef 72Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route557 m
Named routeRef 72Length 557 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route232 m
Named routeRef 72Length 232 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m
Named routeRef 72Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route24 m
Named routeRef 72Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Waterhead Plantation

📷 Mike Quinn · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47Historic site3.8 km→✦Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46Historic site4.6 km→✦Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50Historic site3.3 km→✦Thirlwall CastleHistoric site4.5 km→✦Poltross Burn MilecastleHistoric site3.1 km→⛪St Mary Magdalene's ChurchReligious grounds2 km→

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