Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🦅Birds🛝Family
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.98063, -1.64326
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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 Jackdaw
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Oven Door Tearoom — 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 Jackdaw
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- ☕The Oven Door Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🧺Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Black-headed Gull +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, picnic area; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Black-headed Gull +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +78 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
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Heritage Trails: churchesWalking route▾
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146 signed routes nearby
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Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
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Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
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East Gateshead CyclewayCycling route▾
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Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
28,694 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
28,694 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Mute Swan · Magpie +37
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Early Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
28,694 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Mute Swan · Magpie +37
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Northern DiverGavia immer2025
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Early Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +15
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
