⛳Golf🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Paid entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.89606, -1.47601
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Mallard
- ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦40+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Mallard
- ⛳Golf is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Teal, Mallard, Blue Tit +37 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Teal, Mallard, Blue Tit +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Birds — Teal, Mallard, Blue Tit +37 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Snowdrop, Coltsfoot, Gorse +14 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Snowdrop, Coltsfoot, Gorse +14 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Dandelion, White Dead-nettle +2 more foraging species
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Orange Ladybird, Blue Shieldbug · last seen 2026; Insects — Orange Ladybird, Blue Shieldbug · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
67 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route217 m▾
Named routeRef 7Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
92,665 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
92,665 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Mallard · Chaffinch +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
Orange Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Daisy · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine +9
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
92,665 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlue Tit · Long-tailed Tit · Great Tit · Mallard · Chaffinch +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- TealAnas crecca
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- CootFulica atra
Orange Ladybird
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Snowdrop · Daisy · Gorse · Coltsfoot · Lesser Celandine +9
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DaisyBellis perennis
- GorseUlex europaeus
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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