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Middlesbrough Municipal Golf Course

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Natures World Car Park 110m away — 4 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Natures World Car Park 110m away — 4 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +58 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Migrant Hawker, Red-legged Shieldbug +26 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Migrant Hawker, Red-legged Shieldbug +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: The White Rose Cycle Route

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route

UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.

Named routeRegional walking route

Thornaby Trail LoopWalking route

Named routeRef Thornaby TrailRound tripLocal walking route

Thornaby Trail ConnectionsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Tees LinkWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Marton West BeckWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

93 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 14Cycling route

Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network

Teesside Park AccessCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

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

RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route

Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route

8 Bridges Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 8 BridgesLocal cycle route

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Thornaby BMX TrackMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

13,601 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,601 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Magpie · Mallard · Rock Dove · Herring Gull +45

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

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Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Brown Rat

Brown RatRattus norvegicus

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Reptiles2 species

spring

2026

Red-eared Terrapin · Pond Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,601 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds50 species

autumnwinter

2026

Carrion Crow · Magpie · Mallard · Rock Dove · Herring Gull +45

Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Little OwlAthene noctua2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Brown Rat

Brown RatRattus norvegicus

🦎

Reptiles2 species

spring

2026

Red-eared Terrapin · Pond Terrapin

Red-eared TerrapinTrachemys scripta subsp. elegans
Pond TerrapinTrachemys scripta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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