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🛝Family🎠Play🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
55.02500, -1.42949
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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
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🛝Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
🎠Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Robin +100 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
café, toilets, car park; Urban park — open green space
Free
Birds — Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Robin +100 more · last seen 2026
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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Boating Lake - Tynemouth Park
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Wildlife to spot
98,125 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
98,125 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Coot +42
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- 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 · Red-legged Shieldbug · Acericerus heydenii · 2-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +10
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Coltsfoot
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
98,125 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMoorhen · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Mallard · Coot +42
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CootFulica atra
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
- EiderSomateria mollissima2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- 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 · Red-legged Shieldbug · Acericerus heydenii · 2-spot Ladybird · Hawthorn Shieldbug +10
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Acericerus heydeniiAcericerus heydenii
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Coltsfoot
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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 renipustulatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusDasysyrphus albostriatusEvents & activities nearby
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