Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome36 ha
Getting here
54.75983, -1.35085
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 137m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦46+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 137m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Swift +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Speckled Wood, Ringlet, Meadow Brown +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Bugle, Wood Avens, Herb-Robert +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Durham Coastal PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South BentsWalking route▾
Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route
Squirrel TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Yew Tree TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Way of LoveWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Peterlee to Shotton CollieryCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peterlee to NCR1Cycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeLength 2.8 kmLocal cycle route
Peterlee to WingateCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Peterlee to HaswellCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
House on Station Way, Peterlee
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,291 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,291 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Wren +15
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Wood Mouse · Bank Vole · Common Shrew · Pygmy Shrew · Badger +4
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · 7-spot Ladybird
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red Clover · Hawthorn · Daisy · Northern Marsh-orchid · Rowan +84
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
- Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,291 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds20 species
winterspring
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin · Great Tit · Wren +15
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Wood Mouse · Bank Vole · Common Shrew · Pygmy Shrew · Badger +4
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus
- Common ShrewSorex araneus
- Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · 7-spot Ladybird
- Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red Clover · Hawthorn · Daisy · Northern Marsh-orchid · Rowan +84
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Common WhitebeamSorbus aria
- Swedish WhitebeamSorbus intermedia
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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