🛝Family🦅Birds🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
55.02499, -1.42946
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
- ☀️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
- 🐦103+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Herring Gull
- ☀️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
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Robin +100 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Robin +100 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 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
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
The Angel's WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Bede's WayWalking route19 km▾
Route linking linking the twin Anglo-Saxon monasteries of St Peter’s in Wearmouth and St Paul’s in Jarrow
Named routeLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
133 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
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
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Link RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef (14) / (72)National Cycle Network
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route▾
Waggonways Cycle Route C - BackworthMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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
Waggonways Cycle Route LinkMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
98,125 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
98,125 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Moorhen · Robin · Mallard · Coot +42
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
10-spot Ladybird · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Red-legged Shieldbug · Acericerus heydenii · 2-spot Ladybird +10
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Coltsfoot
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
98,125 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlack-headed Gull · Moorhen · Robin · Mallard · Coot +42
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2025
- WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
10-spot Ladybird · Dasysyrphus albostriatus · Red-legged Shieldbug · Acericerus heydenii · 2-spot Ladybird +10
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Dasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Coltsfoot
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succineaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasina7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataEyed LadybirdAnatis ocellataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus