Find beaches and open water

Annitsford Pond is a small but valuable area of greenspace and was declared as a Local Nature Reserve in the summer of 2005.

Sandy crescent beach in Cullercoats

Beach in North Shields

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

Park located around Killingworth Lake

Sandy bay in Tynemouth

Golden sand beach in Tynemouth

A nature reserve with striking natural features

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

A Victorian attraction with leisure and horticultural facilities.

Nature park in North Shields

A 162 hectare nature reserve with farm and boating lake

Marina in North Shields

As part of a new development scheme in 1996, a new country park was created on the site of a former rubbish tip

Nature Reserve in Whitley Bay

Pond in Wallsend

The LNR incorporates Swallow Pond, mixed plantation woodland, grassland, a seasonal wetland and a collection of smaller ponds

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

Victorian Boating Lake in Tynemouth

Small cove in Tynemouth

Three public parks with leisure and play facilities

Pond in West Allotment

Golden sand beach in Whitley Bay