Out and about

Discover North Tyneside
Get active and explore North Tyneside’s stunning coastline and historical sites on foot or by bicycle. With award-winning golden sandy beaches, the iconic St Mary's Lighthouse and the spectacular remains of Tynemouth Priory and Castle, North Tyneside’s coast is rich and diverse in natural beauty and heritage.

Waggonways
Get fit by exploring more than 30 miles of historic 19th century Waggonway. Given a new lease of life by North Tyneside Council with a £2 million Government grant, the Waggonways network was once used to haul coal to ships on the River Tyne from dozens of coalmines in the borough.

Now a number of the former haulage routes have been transformed into a welcoming and accessible community leisure, travel and learning resource.

Visit www.waggonways.co.uk for route maps and further information.

North Tyneside parks
With dozens of parks across North Tyneside, getting healthy can be a walk in the park. For many parks, a variety of improvements are on the way ranging from exciting new playsites - as part of a £5.5million investment - to an innovative creative recycling centre at the Rising Sun Country Park.

Killingworth Lake Park
Killingworth Lake has become a real wildlife haven and an improved amenity for local people. Back in 2005, the council and Environment Agency planted a floating reed bed in the lake. It has proved to a big success, providing nesting opportunities for swans and other wildfowl and an increased fish spawning area. Since then further improvements have been completed, which include:

  • Meadow areas, bulb and woodland planting
  • Additional litterbins and new picnic tables
  • Biodiversity interpretation boards
  • Kick-about area

Local people have been asked to give their views on how the area could be further improved. A display at the White Swan Centre sets out a series of possible ways it could be enhanced such as an events area, fitness trails or outdoor classrooms.

Wallsend Parks
Wallsend Parks, which consists of Richardson Dees Park Civic Hall. Grounds and Prince Road Arboretum, will be transformed in a multi-million pound regeneration scheme. The council has been awarded £165,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop final specifications for a £7million regeneration of the Parks starting in Spring 2010.

New facilities will be introduced, including: improved access; new sports facilities; toilets; café; community training rooms; skatepark and multi-use games area. Recent improvement works have included footpath resurfacing while a new playsite is due for completion this September. The local community will be involved in the development of plans ahead of submitting the second phase of the bid for a further £2.5million of Heritage Lottery funding.

Whitley Park
The £300,000 playsite at Whitley Park scooped a national award in recognition of its children and family-friendly design. It won the Children’s Play category in the prestigious Local Government News Street Design 2008 competition. More than 500 pupils from local first, middle and high schools helped design the site and give their ideas on the equipment.

The playsite aims to cater for children of all ages from toddlers to teens and features a showpiece sand pit complete with pirate ship and diggers as well as climbing and swing equipment. The next phase of work is a new lighting scheme for the park.

Rising Sun Country Park
The Rising Sun County Park, off Whitley Road, Benton, has won the prestigious Green Flag award for four successive years. It has an extensive network of footpaths and bridleways for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders, with pathways designed for disabled access.

The park is run by the council in partnership with the Rising Sun Farm Trust. A 400-acre green oasis, it boasts an organic farm, nature reserve, countryside centre, numerous ponds, woodlands and extensive grassland areas.

Get active and explore a beautiful 400-acre green oasis located in the heart of North Tyneside.  Click on the image below for a printable version of the map.


Parks map


Play sites

  • Annitsford, Jubilee Court, Annitsford NE23 7RP
  • The Avenue, Wilberforce Street, Wallsend NE28 6BS
  • Benton Quarry, Grange Avenue, Benton NE12 9PN
  • Bolam Grove, Marden Estate NE30 3PZ
  • Burradon Welfare Playsite, Skate Park and Multi Use Games Area, Burradon Road, Burradon, Cramlington NE23 7NG
  • Churchill Playing Fields, Hartley Avenue, Monkseaton NE26 3NS
  • Crawley Road, Curzon Street West, Wallsend NE28 6AS
  • East Howdon, Lesbury Street, East Howdon NE28 0JX
  • Holmlands, Haswell Gardens, North Shields NE30 2DR
  • Holystone, Rising Sun Countryside Centre, Whitley Road, Benton NE12 9SS
  • Howdon Community Centre, Denbigh Avenue Howdon NE28 0DR
  • Howdon Park, Howdon Lane, Howdon NE28 0BE
  • John Willy Sams Centre Playsite, Weetslade Road, Dudley NE23 7HS
  • Killingworth Park, East Bailey Road, Killingworth NE12 0HJ
  • Kings Road South, Wallsend NE28 7RB
  • Langley Playing Field, Drumoyne Gardens, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay NE25 9DL
  • Links Road, Cullercoats NE30 3TG
  • Lockey Park, Great North Road, Wideopen NE13 6LH
  • Marmion Terrace, Monkseaton NE25 8AS
  • Merlin Place, Queensbridge, Longbenton NE12 8YQ
  • Moorside Play Area, Near Havelock Road, Off Station Road, Backworth NE27 0SA
  • Murrayfield, West Allotment NE27 0RD
  • Nelson Terrace, Percy Main NE29 6JB
  • North Terrace, Wallsend NE28 6PY
  • Northumberland Park, Tynemouth Road, North Shields NE30 2HA
  • Oak Grove, Wallsend NE28 6PW
  • Oxford Centre, West Farm Avenue, Longbenton  NE12 8LT
  • Park Grove, Shiremoor NE27 0LN
  • Pearson Park, Pearson Place, North Shields NE30 1EW
  • Pool Park, Beach Road, Preston NE29 9LS
  • Richardson Dees Park, Park View, Wallsend NE28 8DD
  • Rockcliffe Park, Windsor Terrace, Whitley Bay NE26 2SN
  • Seatonburn, Meadow Drive, Seatonburn NE13 6HN
  • Shiremoor Trim Track, Shiremoor First School, Stanton Road, Shiremoor NE27 0PW
  • South Wellfield, Wilton Drive, South Wellfield NE25 9QJ
  • Springfield Park, Station Road North, Forest Hall NE12 0AS
  • Stonelea, Holystone Grange, Holystone NE27 0UX
  • Tall Trees, Broomfield Avenue, Battle Hill NE28 9AF
  • Tynemouth Park, Grand Parade, Tynemouth NE30 4JS
  • West Allotment, Preston Terrace, West Allotment NE27 0DT
  • West Moor Playsite, Benton Lane, West Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 6GT
  • Whitley Park Playsite, Park Road, Whitley Bay NE26 1EJ
  • Winifred Gardens, Wallsend NE28 6EF

Allotments
Keeping an allotment is an ideal way to exercise, meet new friends and grow fresh, low cost produce. If you are interested in being an allotment holder there are over 1,999 plots across 58 different sites within North Tyneside managed by North Tyneside Council. There are also three community allotments within North Tyneside. For more information email allotments@northtyneside.gov.uk or call (0191) 643 7450.

 

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