Table D1: Landscape and Natural Environment Sites in Our Neighbourhood
This list describes the context as known at the time of compiling the data (September 2019) It identifies key resources, however it cannot be used as a comprehensive list. A comprehensive review of such resources is one of the initiatives suggested by residents and covered in the companion document ‘Looking Forward – Durham as a Creative and Sustainable City’ (Durham City Neighbourhood Plan Working Party, 2019a). Details of open and green spaces can be seen in the document Durham City Neighbourhood Planning Forum (2018).
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Green Belt area within Our Neighbourhood |
Aykley Heads, Sidegate, Franklands Lane |
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Maiden Castle |
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Land south of the A177 |
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Land west of the A167 |
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Agricultural Land |
Arbour House Farm |
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Baxter Wood Farm |
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Elvet Moor Farm |
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Farewellhall Farms |
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Frankland Farm (part in Our Neighbourhood) |
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Houghall Farm at East Durham College’s Houghall Campus |
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Fields: Merryoaks, Mountjoy, Potters Bank, Whinney Hill |
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Allotments and Community Gardens |
Crossgate Community Garden, Laburnum Avenue |
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Green Lane allotments |
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May Street allotments |
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North End allotments |
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St Margaret’s allotments, Margery Lane |
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Wharton Park Community Garden |
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Cemeteries |
Bow Cemetery, Potters Bank |
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Durham Cemetery and Crematorium, South Road |
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Quaker Burial Ground, Bellevue Court, Claypath (disused) |
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Redhills Roman Catholic Cemetery, Redhills Lane |
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St Cuthbert’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Framwellgate Peth |
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St Giles Cemetery, Gilesgate |
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St Margaret’s Cemetery, Margery Lane |
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St Nicholas’ Cemetery, Providence Row |
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St Oswald’s Cemetery, Church Street |
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Stockton Road Cemetery |
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Green Assets |
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European protected sites (Habitats Regulations) |
None |
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) |
None |
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Local Nature Reserves (LNR) |
Aykley Wood |
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Flass Vale |
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Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) |
Baxter Wood |
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Blaid’s Wood |
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Flass Vale |
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Hopper’s Wood |
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Houghall, Maiden Castle and Little High Woods |
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Moorhouse Wood |
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North Wood |
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Pelaw Wood |
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Saltwell Gill Wood |
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Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland (ASNW) |
Blaid’s Wood |
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Borehole Wood |
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Farewell Hall Wood |
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Great High Wood |
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Hollinside Wood |
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Hopper’s Wood |
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Maiden Castle Wood |
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Moorhouse Wood |
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North Wood |
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Pelaw Wood |
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Saltwell Gill Wood |
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Protected habitats/species |
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Habitats |
Ancient and/or species-rich hedgerows |
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Ancient semi-natural woodland |
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Veteran trees |
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Ponds |
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Rivers and streams |
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Road verges of conservation importance |
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Species |
Amphibians (frogs, toads and newts), particularly the Great crested newt |
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Badgers |
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Barn owls |
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Bats (all species) |
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Hedgehogs |
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House sparrows |
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Otters |
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Salmon |
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Sea trout |
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Wild birds, their nests and eggs |
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County Geological Site |
River Wear Gorge at Durham City |
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Footpaths |
Public Rights of Way, other footpaths |
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Trees |
Trees with preservation orders |
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Parks, Gardens and Woods |
Botanic Gardens, Durham University, South Road |
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The Houghall Arboretum and Pinetum, East Durham College, Houghall Campus |
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Crook Hall Gardens |
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Linear Park, Mount Oswald (proposed) |
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Low Burnhall, Woodland Trust wood |
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Peninsular Woodlands |
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Riverbanks Gardens |
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Heritage Walks in the peninsular area: Castle walks (Motte and moat walk, North Terrace walk, Bishops walk), Prebends Walk, Hatfield Walk, Principals Walk, The 18thC landscaping of the Prebends Bridge approaches and quarry walks on the outer banks |
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Wharton Park |
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Open Green Spaces |
Aykley Heads |
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Bowling Green (now unused), Elvet Waterside |
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Gilesgate Green |
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Hollow Drift (field adjacent to Durham City Rugby Club ground) |
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Observatory Hill |
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Peskies Park |
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The College |
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The riverbanks (the parts of the riverbanks that are not just pavements) |
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Roundabouts, e.g. Gilesgate Roundabout |
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The Sands |
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Urban Open Spaces |
Fowler’s Yard |
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High Street |
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Market Place |
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Millennium Place |
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Palace Green (with some characteristics of an open green space) |
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The riverbanks in the City Centre (the parts of the riverbanks that are just pavements) |
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Green corridors (Complied August 2019) |
Railway line |
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River Wear |
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B6532 |
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Dryburn Road |
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Southfield Way |
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Framwellgate Peth (from County Hall roundabout to Sidegate) |
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Frankland Lane |
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Sidegate |
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North Road |
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Station Approach |
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A167 (Sniperley Roundabout; Club Lane to Durham Johnson |
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Footpath from St Johns Church to Clay Lane (PROW FP11) |
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Clay Lane (PROW FP15) |
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Margery Lane (PROW FP15) |
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Blind Lane, from Margery Lane to Crossgate Peth (PROW FP16) |
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Grove Street |
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Pimlico |
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South Street (except for the bottom section connecting to |
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Mill Hill Lane and Footpath (PROW FP17) (from Elvet Hill Road |
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Footpath A167 to South Road (A177+ (PROW FP18) |
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Potters Bank |
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Elvet Hill Road |
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Quarry Heads Lane |
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A177 (Cock of the North Roundabout, South Road, Stockton |
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Footpath (PROW FP51) from Stockton Road cemetery to the |
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Leazes Road (A690) |
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Note: footpaths and roads that pass through larger areas of |
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Housing developments and the grounds of large organisations can have green areas that can function as green corridors, e.g. University Hospital of North Durham, Land Registry, The Downs, schools, University colleges, University Mountjoy site, churches and cemeteries |
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Dark corridors (Complied August 2019) |
Franklands Lane and PROW FP118 |
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Footpath around the racecourse playing fields |
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Part of PROW FP78 running along river banks in Pelaw Woods |
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End of Green Lane running along Hollow Drift |
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Footpaths along the S / SW bank of the River Wear from Baths Bridge around Maiden Castle Wood to the entrance to Houghall Wood (incl PROW FP48, FP41) and around the Graham Sports Centre to Shincliffe Bridge (PROW FP54) |
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Part of Houghall Lane near Houghall Equine Centre |
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Railway embankments |
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Clay Lane Local Green Space (PROW FP15) |
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Blind Lane, from Margery Lane to Crossgate Peth (PROW FP16) |
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Footpath from A167 to South Road (PROW FP18) |
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Unlit large green open spaces: |
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Hoppers Wood |
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Aykley Heads (incl the Durham Light Infantry grounds Local |
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Wharton Park |
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Frankland Lane area (incl tracks and footpaths) |
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The Sands (part of the River Wear corridor Local Green Space) |
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Pelaw Wood |
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Racecourse (part of the River Wear corridor Local Green Space) |
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Whinney Hill |
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Mount Joy |
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Houghall Equine Centre and Farm |
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Maiden Castle Wood, Great High Wood, Hollinside Wood, and Blaid’s Wood; |
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Little High Wood |
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Botanical Gardens |
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South Road Cemetery |
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Burnhall Wood |
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Woods and fields to West of A167 (incl PROW FP19, tracks around Morehouse Wood, tracks behind Merryoaks estate, Quarry House Lane and PROW FP9, PROW FP10, and track, Club Lane and PROW FP11) |
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Neville Cross Battlefield Local Green Space |
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Choristers School sports fields |
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Observatory Hill Local Green Space |
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Durham School sports fields |
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Bow Cemetery Local Green Space |
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St Margaret’s Cemetery and allotments Local Green Space |
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Peninsular Riverbanks (unlit except for a short strip of lighting either end of Prebends Bridge and stretching along bank to Fulling Mill (PROW FP61) and from Windy Gap to Framwellgate Bridge (PROW FP62)) (part of the River Wear corridor Local Green Space) |
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Flass Vale and North End allotments Local Green Space |
See also Table D2, Table D3, Table D4 and Transport context and facilities
Next section: Table D2: Summary of Heritage Assets in Our Neighbourhood
