Tyne Riverside Country Park
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Plan your visit
🛝Family🧺Picnic🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.98313, -1.75166
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Free🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Common Darter, St Marks Fly +18 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Red Kite TrailWalking route18 km▾
Named routeLength 18 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 6Walking route▾
Thornley Woodland Centre to Beamish
Named routeRegional walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
77 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Cycle Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef (14) / (141) / (72)National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef (141) / (72)National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef (72)National Cycle Network
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Visitor Centre, Tyne Riverside Country Park
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Wildlife to spot
28,777 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,777 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +36
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Carder Bee · Common Darter
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Snowdrop · Dewberry · Cherry Plum · Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus · Tall Fescue +69
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DewberryRubus caesius2025
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
- Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,777 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Carrion Crow · Black-headed Gull +36
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects5 species
summerautumn
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Hairy Shieldbug · Common Carder Bee · Common Darter
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
Snowdrop · Dewberry · Cherry Plum · Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus · Tall Fescue +69
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- DewberryRubus caesius2025
- Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
- Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorusGalanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus
- Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus2025
- Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas