Longridge Woods

Marton West has been entered into the Northumbria In Bloom competition.  We walked Longridge Wood with the judges on 15th July to show Marton West has a natural green space which is a great habitat for wild life. The judges were most impressed with the site and told us it was an asset not only to our area but to Middlesbrough as a whole.  As we walked through the site today one of the judges saw a deer in the trees.  We are so lucky to have this on our door step. 

Please help keep this beautiful woodland. 

THE APPLICATION TO REGISTER THIS LAND AS A VILLAGE GREEN HAS BEEN REJECTED.  HOWEVER WE WILL NOT GIVE UP.  WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR 3 YEARS NOW AND WE INTEND TO KEEP FIGHTING.

Public Enquiry 3rd 4th 5th and 6th December, The Mandella Room, Town Hall, Middlesbrough. 

We would like to make this site into a Country Park.  We could include Newham Grange Leisure Farm, Fairy Dell, and Longridge Woods and have a fantastic Country Park in Middlesbrough.  Middlesbrough Council also own two fields adjoining this site and they could eventually be included in the project.

Longridge Woods, in Middlesbrough are 7.2 hectares of natural woodland where deer graze each morning. A wide variety of animals have been seen including foxes and this summer it was covered in butterflies and moths.

People walk in the woods everyday and it is a natural children's play area.

However, it is now scheduled for the development of 70 to 80 houses.

5 local community councils oppose the plan, we have a petition of over 500 names and have invited local councillors to view the site.

Articles about this have been printed in the Evening Gazette, Herald & Post, Stockton & Darlington Times and Northern Echo, and we were headline news on ITV.