← Back🌱 Urban park

Flag Staff Park

9 ha

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Plan your visit

BirdsFamilyWildlife

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome9 ha

Getting here

55.76987, -1.99812

Open directionsv

Google Maps↗Driving directions Apple Maps↗Driving directions Waze↗Live driving navigation Google Transit↗Bus, rail or tram Apple Transit↗Bus, rail or tram

Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Bon Appetit — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦101+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Oystercatcher
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
☕Bon Appetit — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

CaféParking· FreePlayground

Best for

12 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Cormorant +98 more · last seen 2026

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground, café; Urban park — family destination

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Oystercatcher, Cormorant +98 more · last seen 2026; Lowland meadows priority habitat

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Grade I listed building: TOWN FORTIFICATIONS INCLUDING THE BELL TOWER

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, café, parking

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Syrphus, Common Darter, Harlequin Ladybird +9 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Berwickshire Coastal PathWalking route48 km

Named routeLength 48 kmPoint-to-pointNational walking route

The Lowry trailWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Northumberland Coast PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to InnerleithenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Alnmouth to Berwick-upon-Tweed

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN National Route 76Cycling route

Named routeRef 76Point-to-pointNational Cycle Network

Tweed CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef TRegional cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

25,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

25,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2026

Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan · Herring Gull · Redshank +59

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Mole · Otter

MoleTalpa europaea
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects6 species

winterautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird +1

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata

🌿

Plants6 species

autumn

2025

Pineappleweed · Feverfew · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall +1

PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

25,886 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds64 species

autumnwinter

2026

Oystercatcher · Carrion Crow · Mute Swan · Herring Gull · Redshank +59

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
MagpiePica pica2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025

🦌

Mammals2 species

autumn

2025

Mole · Otter

MoleTalpa europaea
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects6 species

winterautumn

2026

Harlequin Ladybird · Bronze Shieldbug · Kidney-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug · 2-spot Ladybird +1

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata

🌿

Plants6 species

autumn

2025

Pineappleweed · Feverfew · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Red Dead-nettle · Pellitory-of-the-wall +1

PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Garlick · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Berwick-Upon-Tweed: Track

1 / 15

Events & activities nearby

Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.

Bookable tours

Weather for this location

Next 14 days

Loading local forecast…

Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦The medieval and post-medieval fortifications at Berwick upon TweedHistoric site200 m→🌱Seafield ParkUrban park1.5 km→🌱Spittal Doorstep GreenUrban park1.5 km→🌱Castle Vale ParkUrban park700 m→🌱Castle Vale ParkUrban park900 m→🌱Carlin BraeUrban park1.3 km→