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🎠 Play🐶 Dogs🦉 Wildlife
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 7 ha
Places › England › North East › South Tyneside Getting here
54.97992, -1.43422
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 240m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay 🛝 Playground 240m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South Bents Walking route ▾
Named route Ref England Coast Path National walking route
Show on map Way of Learning Walking route 61 km ▾
Named route Length 61 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Stride out walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Souter Lighthouse Ranger Run, Souter Lighthouse Walking route 2 km ▾
A scenic run route around the former Whitburn Colliery, now home to grasslands, wildflowers & birds. This short but interesting & enjoyable run takes in a lap of Whitburn Coastal Park nature reserve. Paths are maintained but naturally uneven coast path.
Named route Length 2 km Duration 00:15-00:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Souter Lighthouse Trail, Souter Lighthouse Walking route 2.6 km ▾
This trail is an easy stroll for all the family on well-established footpaths following the coastal path. Start and finish your walk at Souter Lighthouse, in Sunderland, spotting wildlife along the way. Mostly easy walking across established footpaths.
Named route Length 2.6 km Duration 00:30-01:00 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 128 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bowes Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Coast Road cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Hadrian's Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 72 National Cycle Network
Show on map East Gateshead Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Off Road Cycle Route Mountain bike route ▾
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising Sun Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Waggonways Cycle Route E - Silverlink Albert Edward Dock Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend Dene Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Harton Branch Route Mountain bike route ▾
Waggonways Cycle Route Link Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
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Russian-vine Fallopia baldschuanica
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Musk-mallow Malva moschata
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Creeping Bent Agrostis stolonifera
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Centaurea nigra Centaurea nigra
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Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria
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Long-headed Poppy Papaver dubium
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Creeping Cinquefoil Potentilla reptans
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Sea Mayweed Tripleurospermum maritimum
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Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium
Hedge Bindweed Calystegia sepium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Cabbage-palm Cordyline australis
Cabbage-palm Cordyline australis
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis
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Hedge Mustard Sisymbrium officinale
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Short-fruited Willowherb Epilobium obscurum
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Small-flowered Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum
Small-flowered Crane's-bill Geranium pusillum
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus
Small Toadflax Chaenorhinum minus
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia
Sun Spurge Euphorbia helioscopia
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Wall Barley Hordeum murinum
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Prickly Sow-thistle Sonchus asper
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis
Tall Melilot Melilotus altissimus
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Common Couch Elymus repens
Common Couch Elymus repens
Fool's Parsley Aethusa cynapium
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Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
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Dove's-foot Crane's-bill Geranium molle
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Water Bent Polypogon viridis
Water Bent Polypogon viridis
Eastern Rocket Sisymbrium orientale
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Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Rough Meadow-grass Poa trivialis
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobium tetragonum
Square-stalked Willowherb Epilobium tetragonum
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Curled Dock Rumex crispus
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Nipplewort Lapsana communis
Annual Wall-rocket Diplotaxis muralis
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Cornflower Centaurea cyanus
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus
Broad-leaved Willowherb Epilobium montanum
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Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum
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White Campion Silene latifolia
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Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Wild Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
Corncockle Agrostemma githago
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Common Nettle Urtica dioica
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Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Meadow Buttercup Ranunculus acris
Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale
Common Comfrey Symphytum officinale
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Groundsel Senecio vulgaris
Cleavers Galium aparine
Cleavers Galium aparine
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Ivy-leaved Toadflax Cymbalaria muralis
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara 