SPRING SHOOTS IN NEWPORT’S PARKS & WOODLANDS
Beechwood Park Newport photography
WHATS HAPPENING?
I’ll be running mini shoots for families around Newport’s natural beauty spots this spring; Beechwood Park, Belle Vue Park, Tredegar House, St Julian’s Park, Ridgeway and Allt-yr-yn nature reserve. Let’s capture your family at play in nature!
WHERE?
Beechwood Park, Belle Vue Park, St Julian’s Park, Ridgeway & Allt-yr-yn nature reserve. I love every single one of these locations so I decided to give you lots of choice!
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Beechwood Park Newport photography
WHY THERE?
BEECHWOOD PARK
Beechwood Park is a Victorian park that has many mature trees & a beautiful springtime display that blooms in succession. It has open fields as well as flowerbeds, blossom, large trees & a stream running through; giving us lots of choice for a backdrop.
BELLE VUE PARK
Belle Vue Park is a Victorian park that has many rare plants, established trees & beautiful colours. It’s got the famous pavilion itself as well as bandstand, rockeries, structured flowerbeds & open green space in-between.
TREDEGAR HOUSE
Tredegar house has extensive lawns, a serpentine lake & woodland that features large redwoods. Built in 1670 the house is well worth a visit, the opulent family home of the Morgan family. There’s a fee to visit the house but everyone can enjoy the park for free. The National Trust puts on a great display at Tredegar House during the spring with crocuses & daffodils across the lawns. Tredegar House lake is a favourite for grebes, swans, moorhens and ducks.
RIDGEWAY
Ridgeway is a beautiful viewpoint that overlooks Rogerstone and the wooded area of Allt-yr-yn Nature Reserve. The viewpoint is lined with trees, has wild flowers in springtime & a wide-open grassy space for little ones to run. You can walk down the hill into the nature reserve to explore the woodland.
ST JULIAN’S PARK
St Julian’s Park, although named ‘park’ is more of an ancient woodland. Relatively quiet, you can go for a walk here without meeting anyone. The forest was a medieval deer park since 1583 and is classed as ‘ancient semi-natural woodland’, meaning that there has been woodland here since the 1600s. There’s also an Iron Age hillfort in the woods. Bluebells in spring, golden leaves & mushrooms in autumn. It’s beautiful all year round and has lots to offer the nature lover.
ALLT-YR-YN NATURE RESERVE
Allt-yr-yn Nature Reserve lies between the Monmouthshire-Brecon Canal and Allt-yr-yn viewpoint at Ridegway; a walk along the canal takes you to the Fourteen Locks Canal & Heritage Centre. The woodland itself has lots of beautiful native oak, birch, cherry & alder trees. It has ponds and an ancient wildflower meadow & it used to house an old stone quarry. The woodland is deemed as ‘ancient semi-natural’, similarly to St Julian’s Park, meaning that it has been continuously covered with native trees since the 1600s. Allt-yr-yn nature reserve is a great natural area, brimming with wildlife to explore, play, climbs trees & build a den with your family.
Beechwood Park Newport photography
WHAT DATES?
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March 2026 – Beechwood Park, Newport
WHAT TIME?
Early morning & afternoon spots available. I tend to avoid midday so that the sun is a little lower in the sky for a more gentle light. With sunset currently being at 9:30pm, this leaves lots of time after school for catching the light!
- 9 – 11am
- 2pm – Sunset
WHAT YOU GET:
THREE OPTIONS…
- MINI SHOOT
- A 15 min photo shoot
- An online gallery to select your favourites
- 5 high resolution edited images (digital delivery)
- The option to add on extra photos
£65
2. MIDI SHOOT
- A 30 min photo shoot
- An online gallery to select your favourites
- 10 high resolution edited images (digital delivery)
- The option to add on extra photos
£95
Need a longer session?
Beechwood Park Newport photography
HOW DO I BOOK?
Pop me a message to get booked in:
To read more about Beechwood Park’s history, follow the link to the Newport City council website:
Beechwood Park Newport photography. Natural relaxed candid Family photography photo shoots in Newport, Cardiff, Cwmbran. Beechwood Park is a Victorian park Belle Vue Park is a Victorian park that has many mature trees, rare plants famous pavilion itself as well as bandstand, rockeries. St Julian’s Park, Iron Age hillfort in the woods. Bluebells in spring, golden leaves & mushrooms in autumn. Ridgeway Rogerstone Allt-yr-yn nature reserve. Allt-yr-yn Nature Reserve Monmouthshire-Brecon Canal and Allt-yr-yn viewpoint at Ridegway. Fourteen Locks Canal & Heritage Centre. beautiful native oak, birch, cherry & alder trees. an old stone quarry family.