Getting here
54.96970, -2.46312
Best for
7 activitiesPlaygrounds
Free93%playground, toilets, café, parking
Dog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Cycling
Varies72%Named cycling route nearby: Pennine Cycleway
Mountain biking
Varies72%Named MTB route nearby: Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Hiking
Free65%Named hiking route nearby: South Tyne Trail
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
8
6 named nearby · 2 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
53
53 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
3
3 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
3
3 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) · Walking0
South Tyne Trail · Walking37 km
Pennine Cycleway · Cycling0
Hadrian's Cycleway · Cycling0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
About this urban park
Memorial Park is a urban park covering 1 hectares.
Wildlife to spot
Photos
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
☕
Café
The Water Tower · 175m
🅿️
Parking
Swimming Pool · Paid · 92m
🧺
Picnic spot
2 · 20m away
🛝
Playground
278m away
🚻
Toilets
81m away
✓ Public accessFree entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Weather for this location
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
🌱Eden's LawnUrban park300 m→🌱Coronation ParkUrban park300 m→🌱Cawfields Picnic SiteUrban park2.8 km→✦Milestone House Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman roadHistoric site2.8 km→🌱Walltown Country ParkUrban park4 km→✦Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46Historic site4.3 km→