Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.62335, -1.57092
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦55+ 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
- ☕Tesco Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦55+ 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
- ☕Tesco Café — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, House Sparrow +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, House Sparrow +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cantharis livida, Vine Weevil, 7-spot Ladybird +47 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Selfheal, Cowslip, Giant Hogweed +135 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Locomotion & Historic ShildonWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Brafferton & Newton KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3Round tripLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Locomotion WayCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmLocal cycle route
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Photos
Football pitch in the Town Park Newton Aycliffe
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
6,366 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,366 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · House Sparrow · Starling +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Limnephilus auricula · Vine Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Gilletteella cooleyi · Birch Shieldbug +2
- Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gilletteella cooleyiGilletteella cooleyi
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Rowan
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,366 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Magpie · House Sparrow · Starling +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Limnephilus auricula · Vine Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Gilletteella cooleyi · Birch Shieldbug +2
- Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gilletteella cooleyiGilletteella cooleyi
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Rowan
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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