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Miners Welfare Park

📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

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5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Mallard, Woodpigeon +87 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Mallard, Woodpigeon +87 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playing fields

Very strong match

Playing field

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax +53 more · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax +53 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Giant Fescue, Rough Meadow-grass, Reed Canary-grass +52 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Giant Fescue, Rough Meadow-grass, Reed Canary-grass +52 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 155Cycling route

Named routeRef 155National Cycle Network

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Tyne to Alnmouth

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

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

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route212 m

Named routeLength 212 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route646 m

Named routeRef 155Length 646 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route183 m

Named routeRef 155Length 183 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

19,100 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

19,100 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2026

Teal · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Lapwing · Rook +50

TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025

🐝

Insects10 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
11-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata2025

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Glory-of-the-snow

Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

19,100 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds55 species

autumnwinter

2026

Teal · Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Lapwing · Rook +50

TealAnas crecca2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CootFulica atra2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GadwallMareca strepera2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
MagpiePica pica2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great TitParus major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
NuthatchSitta europaea
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025

🐝

Insects10 species

autumn

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Larch Ladybird · Eyed Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird +5

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Larch LadybirdAphidecta obliterata
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata2025
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis2025
Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua2025
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2025
11-spot LadybirdCoccinella undecimpunctata2025

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Glory-of-the-snow

Glory-of-the-snowScilla forbesii

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Russel Wills · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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