Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.93391, -1.60164
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Davey's Breakfast & Sandwiches — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦67+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Robin
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Davey's Breakfast & Sandwiches — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Southern Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +20 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heritage Trails: monumentWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Heritage Trails: WallWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Heritage Trails: cityWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Heritage TrailsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Heritage Trails: churchesWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
147 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Cycle Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
The Wesley Memorial Methodist Chapel
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
20,080 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,080 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rowan · Wrinkled Viburnum · Autumn Hawkbit · Early Goldenrod · Hairy Dog-rose +5
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Wrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllum
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea
- Hairy Dog-roseRosa caesia
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,080 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Blackbird · Canada Goose · Mallard · Woodpigeon · Mute Swan +42
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Harlequin Ladybird
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Rowan · Wrinkled Viburnum · Autumn Hawkbit · Early Goldenrod · Hairy Dog-rose +5
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- Wrinkled ViburnumViburnum rhytidophyllum
- Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
- Early GoldenrodSolidago gigantea
- Hairy Dog-roseRosa caesia
- Sessile OakQuercus petraea
- Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas