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Getting here

54.67231, -1.52761

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Wagtail and Lapwing
☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Pied Wagtail and Lapwing
☕Café on site — a good base for a longer summer day out

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

CaféPlayground

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Pied Wagtail, Lapwing, Canada Goose +83 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Pied Wagtail, Lapwing, Canada Goose +83 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Hawker, Violet Ground Beetle, Common Green Grasshopper +4 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Hawker, Violet Ground Beetle, Common Green Grasshopper +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Black Bryony, Autumn Gentian · last seen 2025; Plants — Black Bryony, Autumn Gentian · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Way of LoveWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Hardwick Park & Bishop's FenWalking route

Named routeRef 7Round tripLocal walking route

Historical Circuit WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

H100: CroxdaleWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hardwick Park circular routeCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Great North CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route520 m

Named routeRef 1Length 520 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

35,462 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

35,462 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2025

Teal · Canada Goose · Starling · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +48

TealAnas crecca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RedshankTringa totanus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Common GullLarus canus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GadwallMareca strepera
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CurlewNumenius arquata
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
American WigeonMareca americana
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

35,462 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds53 species

autumnwinter

2025

Teal · Canada Goose · Starling · Carrion Crow · Moorhen +48

TealAnas crecca
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
CootFulica atra
Greylag GooseAnser anser
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MagpiePica pica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RedshankTringa totanus
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Common GullLarus canus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
GadwallMareca strepera
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
CurlewNumenius arquata
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
DunnockPrunella modularis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
American WigeonMareca americana
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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🏞️HARDWICK HALL - DURHAMCountry park4.3 km→✦HARDWICK PARKHistoric site4.6 km→🌱Dean Bank Recreational ParkUrban park2.6 km→🌱Hardwick ParkUrban park4.3 km→🏞️WINDLESTONE HALLCountry park5 km→✦Middleham CastleHistoric site2.2 km→

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