Parks & Outdoor Spaces

Newcastle’s green landscape is defined by its diverse public parks and historical estates. Jesmond Dene offers a wooded valley with a waterfall and a 12th-century chapel, while the adjacent Armstrong Park houses the ruins of a medieval windmill. Leazes Park, the city's oldest Victorian park, provides a traditional layout with a lake and bandstand. Exhibition Park features the last remaining building from the 1887 Royal Jubilee Exhibition, while the surrounding Town Moor provides expansive open grazing land. These spaces preserve the city's Victorian heritage and natural topography.

Jesmond Dene

Jesmond Dene, a public park in the east end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, occupies the narrow steep-sided valley of a small river known…

Armstrong Park

Wooded park gifted by Lord Armstrong in 1878. It contains the ruins of a 13th-century windmill known as King John’s Palace and the 'Shoe Tree,' a local landmark where footwear is traditionally thrown into the branches.

Leazes Park

Newcastle’s oldest municipal park, opened in 1873. Designed in a formal Victorian style, it features a central lake, a restored bandstand, and tennis courts, situated directly adjacent to St James' Park stadium.

Exhibition Park

Site of major international exhibitions in 1887 and 1929. It features the Palace of Arts—now home to Wylam Brewery—along with a boating lake, a miniature railway, and a Victorian bandstand.

Moorbank Botanic Garden

A former research and teaching facility of Newcastle University located on the edge of the Town Moor. Historically used for botanical study, it contains various plant collections and glasshouses.

Elswick Park

Established in 1881 on the site of Elswick Hall. The park contains a leisure center and swimming pool, with terraced landscaping and open lawns overlooking the Tyne Valley.