Saltwell Park Grove - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
54.93825, -1.60357
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Stairwayz Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Stairwayz Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Great North Cycleway
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
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157 signed routes nearby
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Route 14Cycling route▾
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Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
19,761 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
19,761 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan +40
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea +3
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Rowan · Wrinkled Viburnum · Broad-leaved Helleborine +7
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
- Wrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllum2025
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
19,761 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan +40
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea +3
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Hart's-Tongue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Rowan · Wrinkled Viburnum · Broad-leaved Helleborine +7
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
- Wrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllum2025
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2025Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea2025Hairy Dog-roseRosa caesia2025Hairy Dog-roseRosa caesia2025Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025Sessile OakQuercus petraea2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025Events & activities nearby
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