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Places › England › North East › Sunderland Getting here
54.91063, -1.52729
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ 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
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ☀️ 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 £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Starling, Goldfinch +42 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Starling, Goldfinch +42 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Garlic Mustard, Lesser Celandine +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Garlic Mustard, Lesser Celandine +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale Way Walking route 124 km ▾
Named route Length 124 km Regional walking route
Show on map Way of Learning Walking route 61 km ▾
Named route Length 61 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7 Walking route 15.2 km ▾
Named route Length 15.2 km Regional walking route
Show on map The Angel's Way Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Bede's Way Walking route 19 km ▾
Route linking linking the twin Anglo-Saxon monasteries of St Peter’s in Wearmouth and St Paul’s in Jarrow
Named route Length 19 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map 64 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bowes Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Angel Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map East Gateshead Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Link Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Pelaw Metro route Cycling route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
1,669 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,669 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Starling · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2022 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2024 Eider Somateria mollissima2024 Common Gull Larus canus2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Coot Fulica atra2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Indet. Deer · Red Fox
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Indet. Deer Cervidae2021 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2021 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2022 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 7 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Tree Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird +2
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2021 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024 Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2023 Orange Ladybird White Dead-nettle · Garlic Mustard · Lesser Celandine · Cuckooflower · Hogweed +22
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2025 Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025 Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2025 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2024 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,669 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 45 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Blue Tit · Starling · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Woodpigeon +40
Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Great Tit Parus major2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2023 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2021 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 House Martin Delichon urbicum2024 Rock Dove Columba livia2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius2023 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2023 Common Tern Sterna hirundo2022 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Little Owl Athene noctua2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2024 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix2024 Eider Somateria mollissima2024 Common Gull Larus canus2023 Swift Apus apus2023 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 Coot Fulica atra2023 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Anas platyrhynchos x Anas platyrhynchos x2022 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2022 Redwing Turdus iliacus2021 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring summer autumn
2023 ▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Indet. Deer · Red Fox
Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Indet. Deer Cervidae2021 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2021 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2022 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 7 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Eristalis pertinax · Tree Bumblebee · Orange Ladybird +2
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2021 Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax2024 Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2023 Orange Ladybird White Dead-nettle · Garlic Mustard · Lesser Celandine · Cuckooflower · Hogweed +22
White Dead-nettle Lamium album2025 Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata2025 Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna2025 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2024 Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium2025 Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Halyzia sedecimguttata2023
Halyzia sedecimguttata2023
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2021
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii2021
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2021
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius2021 2023
2023
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2023
Ribwort Plantain Plantago lanceolata2023
Garden Grape-hyacinth Muscari armeniacum
Garden Grape-hyacinth Muscari armeniacum
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2025
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca2025
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2025
False Oat-grass Arrhenatherum elatius2025
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense2025
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense2025
Holly Ilex aquifolium2025
Holly Ilex aquifolium2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Elder Sambucus nigra2025
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2025
Meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria2025
Silver Birch Betula pendula2024
Silver Birch Betula pendula2024
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2024
Guelder-rose Viburnum opulus2024
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2023
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur2023
Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera2023
Tulip-tree Liriodendron tulipifera2023
Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris2023
Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris2023
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2023
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus2023
Gorse Ulex europaeus2023
Gorse Ulex europaeus2023
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2023
Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula2023
Crosswort Cruciata laevipes2023
Crosswort Cruciata laevipes2023
Daisy Bellis perennis2022
Daisy Bellis perennis2022
Norway Maple Acer platanoides2022
Norway Maple Acer platanoides2022
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2022
Ash Fraxinus excelsior2022
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2022
Common Nettle Urtica dioica2022 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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