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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Dogs welcome 23 ha
Getting here
54.94434, -1.60460
Open directionsv Saltwell Park is a Victorian park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Opened in 1876, the park was designed by Edward Kemp and incorporates the mansion and associated grounds of the Saltwellgate estate owner, William Wailes, who sold his estate to Gateshead Council for £35,000. Upon opening, it became known as "The People's Park".
Read more on Wikipedia → Park Grade II listed park and garden c. 1876
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 Woodpigeon and Magpie ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Bewicks Tearoom — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Magpie ✦ Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting ☕ Bewicks Tearoom — a good base for a longer summer day out ☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Magpie, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Herb-Robert, Maidenhair Spleenwort, Cleavers +46 more · last seen 2026
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heritage Trails: monument Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
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Named route Local walking route
Show on map Heritage Trails Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Named route Local walking route
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Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bowes Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
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Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 5 Local cycle route
Show on map Hadrian's Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 72 National Cycle Network
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Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Photos Children's playground, Saltwell Park
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Wildlife to spot
21,875 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 21,875 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Rock Dove +40
Blackbird Turdus merula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 2-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis +2
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form conspicua Harmonia axyridis form conspicua 🌿 Plants 6 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Hart's-Tongue · Shepherd's-purse · Herb-Robert · Wrinkled Viburnum +1
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025 Wrinkled Viburnum Viburnum rhytidophyllum2025 Broad-leaved Helleborine Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 21,875 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Canada Goose · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Rock Dove +40
Blackbird Turdus merula Canada Goose Branta canadensis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 2-spot Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form succinea · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis +2
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Harmonia axyridis form succinea Harmonia axyridis form succinea 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis Harmonia axyridis form conspicua Harmonia axyridis form conspicua 🌿 Plants 6 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Maidenhair Spleenwort · Hart's-Tongue · Shepherd's-purse · Herb-Robert · Wrinkled Viburnum +1
Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanes Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2025 Wrinkled Viburnum Viburnum rhytidophyllum2025 Broad-leaved Helleborine Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Epipactis helleborine2025
Epipactis helleborine2025
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