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Wansbeck Riverside Park

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome

Getting here

55.16690, -1.57226

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking nearby — easy to reach by car

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Mudflats — internationally important for wading birds and wildfowl; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Wren +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic; Plants — Beech, Blackthorn, Flowering Currant

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 2-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird, 10-spot Ladybird +14 more · last seen 2025

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

76 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 155Cycling route

Named routeRef 155National Cycle Network

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Tyne to Alnmouth

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route212 m

Named routeLength 212 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route39 m

Named routeRef 1Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route4 km

Named routeRef 1Length 4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

18,606 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

18,606 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Wren · Herring Gull · Moorhen +88

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
CootFulica atra2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
SwiftApus apus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2024

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Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Squirrel · Otter

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
SquirrelSciurus
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects17 species

springwinter

2025

2-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +12

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
SyrphusSyrphus
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
TremulicerusTremulicerus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
CheilosiaCheilosia2024
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2024
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2024

🌿

Plants10 species

spring

2025

Common Mallow · Himalayan Honeysuckle · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Beech · Darwin's Barberry +5

Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

18,606 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds93 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Mallard · Wren · Herring Gull · Moorhen +88

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RobinErithacus rubecula
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TealAnas crecca2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
CootFulica atra2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Water RailRallus aquaticus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
SwiftApus apus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2024

🦌

Mammals3 species

winter

2025

Grey Squirrel · Squirrel · Otter

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
SquirrelSciurus
OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects17 species

springwinter

2025

2-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +12

2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
SyrphusSyrphus
Eyed LadybirdAnatis ocellata
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
TremulicerusTremulicerus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
CheilosiaCheilosia2024
Gwynne's Mining BeeAndrena bicolor2024
Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2024
Kidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatus2024

🌿

Plants10 species

spring

2025

Common Mallow · Himalayan Honeysuckle · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Beech · Darwin's Barberry +5

Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Himalayan HoneysuckleLeycesteria formosa
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2024
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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