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Henderson Park

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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FamilyPlayWildlife

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.65190, -2.24970

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Visiting this summer

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
☕The Mad Hatters Tearoom — 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
☕The Mad Hatters Tearoom — 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· FreePlaygroundToilets

Best for

8 activities

Family friendly

Very strong match

playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination

Free

Playgrounds

Very strong match

playground, toilets, café, parking

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Jackdaw, Woodpigeon +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Picnic day out

Strong match

café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

7 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed to InnerleithenCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

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

Main RouteCycling route4.4 km

Named routeRef 1Length 4.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route38 m

Named routeRef 1Length 38 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

24,987 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

24,987 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2025

Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Wren · Mallard · Woodpigeon +43

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoosanderMergus merganser
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Rock DoveColumba livia
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SiskinSpinus spinus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GadwallMareca strepera
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
TealAnas crecca
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Stoat · Grey Squirrel

StoatMustela erminea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

24,987 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds48 species

winter

2025

Chaffinch · Blue Tit · Wren · Mallard · Woodpigeon +43

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
GoosanderMergus merganser
Great TitParus major
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
JackdawColoeus monedula
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
RobinErithacus rubecula
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
DunnockPrunella modularis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Rock DoveColumba livia
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SiskinSpinus spinus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
GadwallMareca strepera
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
TealAnas crecca
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RookCorvus frugilegus
WigeonMareca penelope
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Stoat · Grey Squirrel

StoatMustela erminea
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Billy McCrorie · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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