Plessey Wood Country Park, Bedlington
Country Park in a loop of the River Blyth, part wooded, part open grassland.
Markers checked OK May 2025
Note that one marker has no code. Enter X or O on your control card.
A landslip has closed the riverside path leading to #33 which has been removed from the map.
A new control (#39) has been placed at the foot of the first set of steps north of #31.
Extra care should be taken on the river edge paths in wet, slippery conditions and/or if the river is high.
Plessey Woods Permanent Course Pack | FREE |
Plessey Woods Permanent Course Pack | FREE |
Download from this site or by post via https://www.newcastleorienteering.org.uk/ contact page.
Visitor Centre (Weekends and School Holidays). Phone for opening times (see also above). Tel:01670-824793. May not be the most up to date but useable.
Picnic Tables. Open space for informal games. Children's playground.
Footprints on the Moon Forest School
Toilets every day.
Visitor Centre & Cafe (Oct-Mar 10:00 > 3:00 (3:30 w/e) Apr-Sep 10:00 > 4:00 Closed Mondays throughout)
Nearby towns of Bedlington & Morpeth