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Middlesbrough Golf Club

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📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha

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54.51625, -1.18639

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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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ 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
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit +48 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +48 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly +48 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Purple Toothwort, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Common Liverwort +10 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Purple Toothwort, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, Common Liverwort +10 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Tees LinkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Marton West BeckWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Three Ridings on FootWalking route

Named routeRef 3RRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

47 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network

National Cycle Route 165Cycling route

Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network

RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route

James Cook University Hospital RouteCycling route

Named routeRef JCUHLocal cycle route

Middlesbrough Cycle CircuitCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Moors to SeaMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

14,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

winterspring

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Robin +30

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwallowHirundo rustica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
NuthatchSitta europaea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Tawny OwlStrix aluco

🐝

Insects19 species

springsummer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +14

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2026

Common Liverwort · Sanicle · Purple Toothwort · Fringecups

Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
SanicleSanicula europaea2025
Purple ToothwortLathraea clandestina2025
FringecupsTellima grandiflora2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,522 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds35 species

winterspring

2025

Blue Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Woodpigeon · Robin +30

Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Coal TitPeriparus ater
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
RookCorvus frugilegus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwallowHirundo rustica
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
NuthatchSitta europaea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
GreenfinchChloris chloris
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Tawny OwlStrix aluco

🐝

Insects19 species

springsummer

2025

Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +14

Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Leucozona laternariaLeucozona laternaria
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major

🌿

Plants4 species

spring

2026

Common Liverwort · Sanicle · Purple Toothwort · Fringecups

Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
SanicleSanicula europaea2025
Purple ToothwortLathraea clandestina2025
FringecupsTellima grandiflora2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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