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🛝Family🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.94375, -1.60463
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bewicks Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Bewicks Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heritage Trails: monumentWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Heritage Trails: WallWalking route▾
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Heritage Trails: cityWalking route▾
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Heritage TrailsWalking route▾
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Heritage Trails: churchesWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
159 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
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Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
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Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
The Rose Garden, Saltwell Park
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
21,856 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,856 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rock Dove +40
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Harmonia axyridis form conspicua · 2-spot Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
- Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
🌿Plants5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Shepherd's-purse · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wrinkled Viburnum · Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Wrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllum2025
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,856 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Rock Dove +40
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis · Harmonia axyridis form conspicua · 2-spot Ladybird +2
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
- Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
🌿Plants5 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Hart's-Tongue · Shepherd's-purse · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Wrinkled Viburnum · Broad-leaved Helleborine
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
- Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Wrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllum2025
- Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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