AUTUMN SHOOTS IN NEWPORT’S PARKS & WOODLANDS
Family photo Beechwood Park
WHATS HAPPENING?
I’ll be running mini shoots for families around Newport’s natural beauty spots this autumn + winter; Beechwood Park, Belle Vue Park, St Julian’s Park, Tredegar 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, Tredegar Park, Ridgeway & Allt-yr-yn nature reserve. I love every single one of these locations so I decided to give you lots of choice!
WHY THERE?
BEECHWOOD PARK
Beechwood Park is a Victorian park that has many mature trees & a beautiful autumnal display. It has open fields as well as flowerbeds, 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.
ST JULIAN’S PARK
St Julian’s Park, although a ‘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.
RIDGEWAY
Ridgeway is a beautiful viewpoint that overlooks Rogerstone and the wooded area of Allt-yr-yn Nature Reserve. The viewpoint has a wide-open grassy space for little ones to run & lined with trees. You can walk down the hill from here into the nature reserve to explore the woodland.
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.
WHAT DATES 2026?
- 25th +26th October
- 21st + 22nd December
- 29th + 30th December
- 6th + 7th February 2027
Other weekend & week day dates available throughout October, November & December 2026.
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.
- 9 – 11am
- 1pm – 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?
3. THE FULL SHOOT
- A 45 minute photo shoot.
- An online gallery to select your favourites
- 20 high resolution edited images (digital delivery)
- The option to add on extra photos
£150
HOW MANY CAN ATTEND?
My shoots are limited to a group/family of 7 members. For 7+ groups, it is an additional +£10 per extra person.
Family photo Beechwood Park
HOW DO I BOOK?
Get in touch if you’d like to book!
To read more info about some of the parks mentioned above, follow the link to the Newport City council website:
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