Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha
Getting here
54.97130, -1.54862
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦48+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
Best for
9 activities🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Herring Gull, Blackbird, Goldfinch +45 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Birds — Herring Gull, Blackbird, Goldfinch +45 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
playground, café, parking
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird +34 more · last seen 2025
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Barren Brome, Yarrow, Common Vetch +314 more · last seen 2025
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Heritage Trails: monumentWalking route▾
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Heritage Trails: WallWalking route▾
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Heritage Trails: cityWalking route▾
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Heritage TrailsWalking route▾
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175 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
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Cycle Route 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route E - Silverlink Albert Edward DockMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend DeneMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
15 photos from nearby open sources
Welbeck Road and Walker Library
Photos
Welbeck Road and Walker Library
Facilities
🅿️Parking
2 nearby · Free · 344m
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,163 records from NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,163 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2026Herring Gull · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon
+43 more speciesHide species list
All 48 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Carder Bee
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
🌿Plants317 species
springsummer
2025Barren Brome · Yarrow · Common Vetch · Red Valerian · Hedge Bindweed
+312 more speciesHide species list
All 317 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,163 records · NBN Atlas🐦Birds48 species
springsummer
2026Herring Gull · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon
+43 more speciesHide species list
All 48 birds recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Common GullLarus canus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- RedshankTringa totanus2024
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Carder Bee
+32 more speciesHide species list
All 37 insects recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
🌿Plants317 species
springsummer
2025Barren Brome · Yarrow · Common Vetch · Red Valerian · Hedge Bindweed
+312 more speciesHide species list
All 317 plants recorded nearby (NBN Atlas)
- Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Common VetchVicia sativa
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
- Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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