Getting here
54.98814, -2.51730
Best for
4 activitiesDog walks
Free78%Dogs allowed with public access
Hiking
Free72%Named hiking route nearby: Hadrian's Wall Path
Family friendly
Free68%Urban park — family destination
Picnic day out
Free62%Urban park — open green space
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
14
3 named nearby · 11 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
46
46 named nearby
Named route
🚵
Mountain biking
2
2 named nearby
Named route
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
Walltown Country Park is a urban park.
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
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Café
Walltown National Park Centre · 221m
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Parking
Walltown Quarry · Paid · 220m
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Toilets
220m 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
🌱Memorial ParkUrban park4 km→🌱Coronation ParkUrban park4.3 km→🌱Eden's LawnUrban park4.3 km→⛪Holy Cross ChurchReligious grounds4.3 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 site500 m→✦Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47Historic site2.2 km→