Northumberland Park
Landscape Tynemouth Tyne And Wear

Northumberland Park

Landscape In Tynemouth, Tyne And Wear

A traditional Victorian Park packed with features sitting between Tynemouth and North Shields.

Situated twixt North Shields and Tynemouth sits Northumberland Park, a traditional Victorian Park positioned in the gently sloping natural dene created by the Pow Burn.

The park is 12 hectares in size, but has lots crammed into it including St Leonard's hospital and chapel, sculpture trail, play area, herb garden, BMX track, bowling green, lake, herb garden, a bandstand with regular musical performances and most importantly a tea room!

Admission is free and there are plenty of tracks and green spaces to have a quiet saunter and while away an afternoon.

The park was created when a local Tynemouth Alderman called John Foster-Spence asked the Duke of Northumberland for some land for the park. The park was to help provide work for unemployed shipbuilders and also create a leisure area for the town. When the work started in 1884, the workmen uncovered the remains of St Leonard's medieval hospital, which was annexed to Tynemouth Priory during the 14th century.

The park was opened in August 1885 by the Duke of Northumberland and he planted a Turkey Oak tree which you can still see today.

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55.016211, -1.434514

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55.017694, -1.43616

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There is parking along King Edward's Road right next to the park, or park in Tynemouth town centre.

Contributed by Simon Hawkins

Thanks for checking out this place on the Fabulous North! I do enjoy a wander out in to the countryside trying to find hidden gems that not many people know about. You can't beat a rogue pele tower up a remote hill, a mysterious stone circle or a stunning waterfall secluded in a forest.

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Northumberland Park was listed in Landscape // Tyne And Wear // Tynemouth