Visitor information
Opening hours
Christmas and New Year Opening Hours
Trails, car parks and trails open every day
Info Point
Staff onsite every day except Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Please be patient if the Info Point is temporarily unmanned whilst they carry out their ranger duties.
Cafe
Open 10am - 4pm every day except:
Christmas Eve 10am - 2pm
Christmas Day - Closed
New Year's Eve - 10am - 2pm
Café is open daily 10.30am -3.30pm weekdays, 9am – 4pm weekends throughout the year.
Forest Drive is open 9am – 4pm November - March and 9am – 5pm April to October. Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Weekdays
| Monday | |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Dawn to dusk |
| Forest Drive | 9am - 4pm |
| Tuesday | |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Dawn to dusk |
| Forest Drive | 9am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Dawn to dusk |
| Forest Drive | 9am - 4pm |
| Thursday | |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Dawn to dusk |
| Forest Drive | 9am - 4pm |
| Friday | |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Dawn to dusk |
| Forest Drive | 9am - 4pm |
Weekends
| Saturday | |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Dawn to dusk |
| Forest Drive | 9am - 5pm |
| Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Opening hours | Dawn to dusk |
| Forest Drive | 9am - 5pm |
How to find us
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Sat Nav Postcode:
DL13 3NLBy Car
For main visitor centre car park, please enter Bedburn into Sat Nav (postcode covers a large area).
Follow signs from the A68, north of West Auckland.
By Public Transport
There aren't any public transport links in to Hamsterley Forest.
OS Grid Ref
54.6747146, -1.8230975
Parking and prices
Hamsterley Forest has introduced a new ticket-less parking system which uses automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), read the Frequently Asked Questions.
You can now pay for parking with card, cash or by phone app.
How do you pay by phone?
If you'd prefer not to visit a pay station or forget your payment card, you can now pay using your smart phone and the ‘Trust’ parking payment app (available to download on Google Play and Apple Store).
Forgotten to pay?
You can now pay off-site up to midnight on the day of your visit with the ‘Trust’ parking payment app for smart phones.
Overnight parking is not permitted.
Parking Charges
| Weekdays and weekends in off peak times | |
|---|---|
| Under 20 minutes | £0.00 |
| Up to 1 hour | £3.00 |
| Up to 2 hours | £5.50 |
| Up to 4 hours | £7.00 |
| All day | £8.00 |
Coaches/Minibuses charges
Minibuses - £14.00
Coaches - £20.00
Additional information
Facilities and access
Our Cafe is open for sit in dining and takeaway every day.
For more information on planning your visit, take a look at our accessibility information:
- Accessible toilet
- Assistant dogs welcome
- Baby changing facilities
- Dogs allowed
- Easy access trail
- Picnic area
- Play Area
- Toilets
Contact details
Hamsterley Forest
