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Countryside sites and country parks
- Addison and Hedgefield Woods
- Banesley Lane Woodland
- Barlow Burn Nature Reserve
- Bird Hides
- Blaydon Burn Nature Reserve
- Bowes Valley Nature Reserve (SITA)
- Burdon Moor
- Chopwell Woods (Forestry Commission)
- Clara Vale Local Nature Reserve (Clara Vale Conservation Group)
- Cross Lane Meadows Local Nature Reserve
- Derwent Walk Country Park and Derwenthaugh Park
- Dunston (Acer) Pond Local Nature Reserve
- Gibside Estate (National Trust)
- Hedley Hall (Woodland Trust)
- Lamesley Pastures
- Longacre Wood
- Milkwellburn Wood (Durham Wildlife Trust)
- Ousbrough Wood
- Pelaw Quarry Pond Local Nature Reserve
- Ryton Willows Local Nature Reserve
- Saltmarsh Garden
- Shibdon Pond Local Nature Reserve
- Stargate Ponds
- Strother Hills Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Summerhill and Stella Meadows
- The Kittiwake Tower Local Nature Reserve
- Victoria Garesfield Local Wildlife Site
- Wardley Manor Country Park
- Watergate Forest Park
- Windy Nook Nature Park
Bowes Valley Nature Reserve (SITA)
This was the site of a clay pit and brickworks in an area with a history of coal mining. The clay pit was used in the 1990s as a landfill site and has been gradually restored by the waste management company Sita UK. It is now a nature reserve with a network of new public rights of way forming a green space for people and wildlife.
For more information:
Bowes Valley Nature Reserve (SITA) [350.9KB]