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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
54.96831, -1.47760
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 229m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 229m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Snowdrop, Spindle, Aspen +18 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Snowdrop, Spindle, Aspen +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Stride out walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
145 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route E - Silverlink Albert Edward DockMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend DeneMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Harton Branch RouteMountain bike route▾
Marsden Quarry RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
16,104 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,104 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen +26
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Otter · Rabbit
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Migrant Hawker
Snowdrop · Herb-Robert · Black Spleenwort · Common Nettle · Hazel +6
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,104 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Moorhen +26
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Otter · Rabbit
- OtterLutra lutra
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Southern Hawker +2
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Migrant Hawker
Snowdrop · Herb-Robert · Black Spleenwort · Common Nettle · Hazel +6
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna mixta
Aeshna mixta
2025
2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025AspenPopulus tremula2025AspenPopulus tremula2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Events & activities nearby
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