Will's Gully Track
Richmond · Nelson-Tasman
This walk was suggested by the community and checked against the authority quoted above before it was published. The route line comes from official track data. Tasman District Council’s own wording: “Every dog shall be kept under continuous control by means of a leash which is secured or held by a person capable of restraining the dog so that the dog cannot break loose. Richmond: Will’s Gully walking track to Grassy Saddle. Every dog owner must carry a leash when with their dog in a public place. (Tasman District Council Dog Control Policy & Bylaw, Schedule 1 - Leash Control Areas; the council’s dog control map records the area as Wills Gully, Leash Control Area, Schedule 1, Hart Road Richmond Reserve to Grassy saddle, along narrow public footpaths.)”. Evidence: the rule-setter’s own published wording. How we check dog rules.
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Dogs are allowed here. Keep them on the lead, watch for ground-nesting birds and stock, and read the signs at the gate.
About Will's Gully Track
This short walk follows 1.2 km, near Richmond in Nelson-Tasman.
A proper climb straight off the street. The path leaves Hill Street about a hundred metres up from the Hart Road corner and works its way into Will’s Gully and the Richmond hills, lifting you from around 50 m at the kerb to the 230 m Grassy Saddle in a bit over a kilometre. Tasman District Council names Will’s Gully walking track to Grassy Saddle in Schedule 1 of its Dog Control Policy and Bylaw, so it is continuous leash control the whole way, and the council maps the area as running from the Hart Road Richmond Reserve to the saddle along narrow public footpaths. The line drawn here is the one the council’s own map covers: up the gully footpath for about 680 m, a short link across to Heaton Road, then the steady pull up that track to the saddle. There is a second path linking the same two points, and the council’s named area does not take it in, so it is not the route mapped here; the bylaw puts any dog in an urban area on a lead in any case. Heaton Road is a formed track rather than a footpath, so keep the dog close and listen for vehicles on the upper half. The payoff is at the top. Grassy Saddle is where the Jimmy Lee Creek Walkway South begins, and the council lists that section, saddle to Cushendell Rise, as a controlled exercise area where a dog responding to voice, whistle or hand signals may come off the lead, with the lead going straight back on if it is likely to injure or distress stock, poultry, other animals or protected wildlife. North of Cushendell Rise the walkway returns to leash control. Carry a lead wherever you walk here: the bylaw requires every owner to have one with them in any public place.
Graded moderate, it climbs about 166 m overall, and takes about 30 min to walk.
Dogs are allowed here, on the lead. This walk is on the map because Jodie suggested it, and we checked it against the source above.