Plan your visit
Facilities
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Visitor centre is closed
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Car park
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Toilets are closed
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Accessible toilets are closed
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Baby changing is closed
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Pushchair friendly
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Cafe is closed
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Picnic area
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Binocular hire is closed
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Guided walks is closed
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Viewing points are closed
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Nature trails
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Shop is closed
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Educational facilities are closed
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Play area is closed
Accessibility
How to get here
The nearest railway station is in Middlesbrough, with trains from York, Whitby, Newcastle and Leeds. The connecting bus service to Saltholme is the number 1 from Middlesbrough (towards Hartlepool, High Tunstall).
The nearest bus stop is outside the entrance to Saltholme, on the Seaton Carew Rd. The Number 1 stops here and is run by stagecoach in Hartlepool.
Saltholme is 10 minutes from the A19. Turn East off the A19 north of Stockton along the A689. After half a mile, take the A1185; in 4 miles join the A178 at a mini roundabout and take the 3rd exit. The reserve entrance is 250 metres on the right-hand side.
Sat nav POI file: If you have a satellite navigation system that can accept POI files, please see our POI page for a download link and instructions.
Saltholme is connected to the extensive network of cycleways around Stockton and Middlesbrough. There is a cycle track across the reserve to the visitor centre that is accessed through Port Clarence and is open during reserve opening hours.
Downloads
Helping you find your way around. PDF, 131Kb
Saltholme trail guideContact Saltholme
- RSPB Saltholme, Seaton Carew Rd, Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough TS2 1TU, UK
- saltholme@rspb.org.uk
- 01642 546625
- @RSPBSaltholme
- Find us on facebook
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