Become a member today to explore Gosforth Nature Reserve and support nature across the North East.

Free entry to Gosforth Nature Reserve

Membership includes your household too*

Access to all our natural history courses, events and talks

Your membership benefits

  • Free entry for you and your household* to Gosforth Nature Reserve, one of the best wildlife-watching sites in the North East (*Member, Member with Journal, and Lifetime memberships)
  • Members’ magazine, The NHSN Magazine, three times a year and bursting with news and photography
  • Members’ discount on education courses and events
  • Borrow books from the North East’s natural history library
  • Weekly e-news sharing the best of North East nature
  • One printed edition of Northumbrian Naturalist per year (Member with Journal only)

Member

Enjoy the many benefits of NHSN Membership

£36 per year / £3 per month

Renews automatically every year/month

Member with Journal

Get North East Naturalist journal as part of your membership

£42 per year / £3.50 per month

Renews automatically every year/month

Student

Visit Gosforth Nature Reserve with a Student Visitor Pass (£2 per visit)

Receive digital copies of North East Nature magazine

FREE with valid student ID

Lifetime

A one-off payment for a lifetime immersed in nature. Select Lifetime Membership when completing the form

£800 one-off payment

Visitor pass refunds

Have you visited Gosforth Nature Reserve with a visitor pass? Join as a member within a month of your visit and we’ll refund your pass. Please choose annual payment, not monthly, for this to apply.

Please note that visitor pass refunds are not automatic at point of purchasing your membership. After joining, please email nhsn@ncl.ac.uk to arrange a refund.

Wonderful nature reserve, containing rare wildlife, amazingly within city boundary. Guided walks to, and talks on, every aspect of NE wildlife, given by knowledgeable and friendly experts. Specialist groups within the Society enable members to build up knowledge in a focused way and to make new friends.

Lydia Koelmans, NHSN Member

Discover gift membership

Do you know someone passionate about nature?

Perhaps they enjoy birdwatching or astronomy, are fascinated by insects, or would simply enjoy a quiet walk in a quaint English woodland.

Treat someone you know to a year’s membership of NHSN. They’ll receive a range of great membership benefits and you will help protect nature for years to come.

Existing member?

Over the past twelve months, your membership has been working hard behind the scenes to inspire wonder in the natural world, providing opportunities for people of all ages to study, observe and enjoy nature across the region. With your continued support, we can do all of this and more in the years ahead.

Volunteers clear reeds at Gosforth Nature Reserve
Reedbed clearance at Gosforth Nature Reserve

Your membership makes a difference

From the Tees to the Tweed, your membership makes a difference right across the North East, directly supporting wildlife and those who study and protect it.

To show you just how much your membership helps, we’ve compiled our members achievements over the past year – click below to find out more.

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Could you help inspire wonder in the natural world? By offering just a few hours of your time as a…
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Your donation helps inspire more young people to discover their inner naturalist Support NHSN’s Young Naturalists Appeal today Many local…
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Gosforth Nature Reserve is a haven for wildlife on the outskirts of Newcastle. Discover the North East’s longest-running nature reserve…