Saltholme Wildlife Centre
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Georgian Theatre
Tucked away in a courtyard just off Stockton High Street, The Georgian Theatre's unpretentious interior provides an intimate setting for an evening's entertainment. No glitz or glamour, just a good pint and some of the best live music around!
Address Georgian Theatre, Green Dragon Yard, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1AT Phone : 01642 674115 Saltholme Wildlife Reserve
Seaton Carew Road, Port Clarence
Stockton on Tees TS21 1TU Telephone: 01642 546625 RSPB Website HERE 1,000 acres of former industrial land have been transformed into a world-class nature reserve. Explore the breathtaking, state-of-the-art building with panoramic views of this huge wetland and enjoy the walled wildlife gardens and adventure play area. At Saltholme, you’ll find a world of amazing wildlife thriving right in the middle of the Tees Valley’s heavy industry.Surprising, isn’t it? But this is a brilliant place for wildlife – and for you! Come and explore the state- of-the-art visitor centre with panoramic views of the reserve and its industrial backdrop. Follow your nose to the café to sample freshly brewed coffee and home-cooked meals, and then stop off in the shop for a bit of retail therapy.Get outdoors with the family to explore the discovery zone and run, jump and clamber through the adventure playground. If you fancy relaxing, seek out a bench in the tranquil wildlife garden or venture to the far reaches of the reserve for some quiet time with nature.However you want to spend your time at Saltholme, you’re sure to fall in love with the place and come back time and time again |
Billingham Beck Country Park
Visitor Centre Ecology Park,
Billingham TS23 2HD Telephone: 01642 397609 With its colourful meadows, ponds, marsh and woodland, Billingham Beck Valley is one of Stockton Borough’s most interesting areas of countryside. This wetland provides a home for plants and animals, which are beginning to disappear from our countryside. Designated as a Local Nature Reserve in 1992, this valuable pocket of countryside has been preserved as a haven for wildlife and a place where people can explore, enjoy and learn about the countryside. The Ranger Service at Billingham Beck Valley Country Park leads themed school groups including pond dipping , habitats and how plants and animals live. 
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Seal Sands Nature Reserve
WHERE ? Park at the Teesmouth NNR car park alongside the A178 at Greatham Creek, cross the road with care, and follow the Easy Access Path along the south bank of the creek to the two bird hides overlooking Seal Sands.
While power stations and other industrial sites may loom large on the horizon, the reserve is still home to an amazing array of flora and fauna.Look out for harbour seals and grey seals basking beside the tidal channels, rare plants including four different species of marsh orchid, and thousands of migratory waterbirds swooping down to feed on the mudflats.
Seal Sands is one of the largest areas of intertidal mudflats on England's north-east coast. When the tide is out, hundreds of waders, including redshank and dunlin peck through the mud looking for invertebrates. The colony of harbour seals haul out on the sand banks at low tide; their pups are born here each summer, making Seal Sands the only regular breeding colony of these animals on England's north-east coast.
While power stations and other industrial sites may loom large on the horizon, the reserve is still home to an amazing array of flora and fauna.Look out for harbour seals and grey seals basking beside the tidal channels, rare plants including four different species of marsh orchid, and thousands of migratory waterbirds swooping down to feed on the mudflats.
Seal Sands is one of the largest areas of intertidal mudflats on England's north-east coast. When the tide is out, hundreds of waders, including redshank and dunlin peck through the mud looking for invertebrates. The colony of harbour seals haul out on the sand banks at low tide; their pups are born here each summer, making Seal Sands the only regular breeding colony of these animals on England's north-east coast.
