I have known for some time that the countryside ranger wished to place some caches in the museum grounds and the erection of the new bird hide seemed a good opportunity to work with him to bring this about.
Kirkleatham Museum is the local history museum for the Borough of Redcar & Cleveland. It was opened on 5th October 1981, after the rationalisation of the Museums Service. The Service was originally based at the Chapel Beck Gallery, Guisborough and the Redcar Museum of Shipping and Fishing, now the Zetland Museum on the seafront in Redcar. Kirkleatham Museum became the Service's headquarters and in 1986 a new building, the Pavilion, was opened to provide an exhibition hall and office accommodation.
The museum is situated at the edge of the extensive Kirkleatham Wood and the Ranger wants to increase the usage of the woods.
This cache is placed in the section of wood behind the new pavilion. There is car parking available but only during daylight hours. The wood is available during darkness but there are security patrols in the vicinity of the Hall who could be expected to be suspicious of cachers during the darkness hours.