Nice country park with large lake not 200 meters from a massive unused by many beach, lots of wild…read morelife to see. Cycling and walking paths around the lake & acces to coastal route north to Amble (4 miles) south to cresswell (4 miles). Large pay a display car parks, £3 all day. A visitor Center with small shop, cafe & toilets available. Large children's play park beside Center. Water sports available. Would return at any time of year.

This is a fantastic park and one of my favourite spots in Newcastle-also the oldest green space in…read morethe city! The main attraction is definitely the beautiful and secluded lake that provides a lovely walk and ample benches for soaking up the sunshine. This also proves popular with runners and fisherman! Great for wildlife but be careful of the birds as they can be overly protective when they have chicks. If you're looking for a tranquil haven away from the city centre then this is perfect. Multiple green spaces for lounging around or having a barbecue as well as having tennis courts,a basketball court and a bowling green. It is usually the venue of choice for certain summer events too like gay pride and the Newcastle green festival.

Wonderful park! When I first saw this place, I was amazed right away!…read more If you want peaceful, there are areas for that. This is where I always stay every time I wish to unwind. This park is very popular for runners. There are four tennis courts and a basketball court. There is a playground for children as well, which makes it popular for families. The best feature of this park is the pond.

Normally come to this park to see the Darlington fireworks display, well organised with a funfair &…read morelarge fire.

Great large park with an open field to let my dog have a run about, great location to run around…read moreand often there on a Saturday morning for the timed parkrun 5km event even tho that last little bank kills my legs at the third asking I come back for more!

Love taking the kids here. There's plenty of walks a great park and excise trail is always funread more

Absolutley lovely place. A place to escape the busy hustle of middlesbrough. Easy to get to. A free…read morecar park is at the entrance .At the beginning is a visitors centre where you can get information about The Flatts lane Park.There are good running paths for experienced runners. Cyclists will enjoy usuing the cycle path. You can walk through and link yourself up with Nunthorpe ( Ormesby Bank end) Stunning views over the tees valley. There are some landscaped woodland walks which are fairly basic so families can walk together. Just behind the visitors centre is a basic play area. A must is sledging with plently of good hills to have family snow time fun! We have been this morning and the autumn leaves are stunning. This is such a beautiful part of Middlesbrough and well worth a small journey to relax into!

Killingworth Lakeside Park is a lovely local escape, with, as its name suggests, a good-sized Lake…read moreat its centre! The Lake is a well-stocked resource for local fishermen, and there is a lot of lovely wildlife to see in and around the park. You'll regularly see wildlife photographers taking snaps. Check out the visitors boards describing the wildlife around the park. The park also has a model boating club, a small café shack (open only during popular hours) and a good play area for kids, with a wire slide, roundabout and other apparatus to keep the nippers amused. There is ample parking for visitors, and it's a good walk around the lake. In short, I love visiting the park here to take a walk, relax and unwind! How lovely to have these kinds of parks on our doorstep.

What a nice place to visit. Plenty of wild life to see. Long walking paths around the lakes &…read morenumerous hides over looking bird feeding area's. Highlight of the visit, watching 2 crested grebes going through there courting ritual. Only ever seen that on TV. A nice cafe & clean toilets. Parking & entry £4 for car. Great day out.

The Sele (pronounced 'Seal', yep I made that mistake first time too...) is a lovely park sitting in…read morethe centre of Hexham, just behind Hexham Abbey. A superb space, lots to do for all the family - the park has an open area (great for dogs!) with a big hill that provides some great views over the Abbey and Market Place, a football pitch, a Grade II-listed bandstand (donated to the town in 1912, fact fans), a bowling green (Hexham House Bowls Club), a skate/BMX park for the big kids, a playground for the little kids. You will often find people taking a pleasant walk around the perimeter, it's ideal for joggers and fitness fanatics - I go to bootcamp here at least twice a week, believe me, exercising in such a lovely setting is a million times better than any gym. Even if you do get funny looks from passers-by... The Sele is also the location of the annual Hexham Bonfire organised by the Hexham Round Table, a real spectacular charity fundraising evening of fireworks and a giant bonfire! A wonderful space to enjoy some fresh air in any season, but especially at this time of now the weather's picking up and the first flowers are coming up. If you have a spare moment in Hexham, can't think of many better places to make the most of that moment.

When I was a kid, the Sele was where you went to hide in the bandstand, drink cider and generally…read moremess about. I doubt this has changed, though currently the bandstand is being renovated. In winter people used to build igloos and snowmen at the top of the hill (the snowmen would later be pushed down the hill in snowmen races by teenagers). When I was really young there was a day each year that all the kids of Hexham were given chalk and would "paint" the pavements of the Sele with anything they wanted. I only remember how fun this was, and how pretty it all looked. It's sad they stopped that now. My friend broke her leg here when she hit the goalposts sledging (don't let your brother guide the sledge). We planted trees down by the brook when we were in primary school, then we messed around down there as teens. Seriously, when I grew up there wasn't really much else to do in town. The Sele was it. Well Donnies was still a big deal back in those days too. It's good for kids, good for teens and has lots of places you can dump bottles etc. if necessary. If you come to Hexham you must come to the Sele, Mostly cause there's not much else to do.

This is a good deer park with a wide range of deer which also has a lot of farm animals, it has…read moreguided tours here and you can prebook to go on a falcom walk You can start by feeding the animals then go on one of the tours It has a playground for children which look great but im a bit to old to play, a tearoom and a nice shop It was a bit unorganised when we went as the tour was cancelled as they took someone on a private walk but no one was informed

Great to see all the deer and other animals/birds. Sadly, they hadn't updated their literature…read morewhich advertised pony rides so we took our daughter especially for this, only to be told on arrival that they no longer did it due to health and safety reasons. The play equipment in the wooded area hasn't been maintained and has been left to rot, becoming dangerous - broken bits of wood on the slide, plywood rotten and falling off when touched. Sadly the brochure and website are glossier than the reality.

Brilliant park, scene of all my childhood triumphs and disasters. Back in the 70s there were proper…read moreflowerbeds, tennis courts and a bowling green but I think it's a bit different now. There were plans to remodel which may have come to fruition. There has been a bit of a mania in recent years to clear away the bushes from the borders of parks and here is no exception. Councils forget that after dark, IT DOESN'T MATTER and that's when things happen, so why blame the trees? They'd be better off putting up giant floodlights at night, but that would cost money. Favourite memories: playing in the conrete playground tubes that were just unused pipes, which were always full of broken glass, and the marching bands practising every weekend. Getting sweets from the Monkey Tree or even a Cadbury's fruit and nut.