Sites of wildlife interest SOUTH SHIELDS FERRY 11 River Tyne to Trow Point TROW POINT 4 River Don Saltmarsh CHICHESTER PEDESTRIAN/CYCLE TYNE TUNNEL TUNNEL 12 Trow Point to Lizard Point 1 Hebburn Riverside MARSDEN JARROW TYNE DOCK HEBBURN 7 Temple Park 3 Primrose Nature Reserve LIZARD BEDE POINT 10 Marsden Old Quarry 2 Monkton Fell Great North 6 Newton Garths Forest BROCKLEY Key to all site maps WHINS on following pages BOLDON 9 Cleadon Hills Public paths/sculpture COLLIERY FELLGATE WHITBURN Open space CLEADON Restricted open space 6 Tilesheds Nature Reserve 5 Station Burn and Colliery Wood Woodland Great North Forest WEST EAST BOLDON BOLDON Urban/industrial areas 13 Lizard Point to Whitburn 8 Boldon Flats Agricultural areas Great Beach North Forest Rocky shoreline 1 Hebburn Riverside HEBBURN P This is an attractive area of riverside R IN grassland and woodland rising steeply CE CO above the River Tyne with NS OR T R spectacular views of the valley O A and its bustling life. D HEBBURN METRO STATION Hebburn has existed since at least the 8th century, when as a small fishing village it was plundered by Vikings. From CORMORANT 500m 1800 until the 1960s the area was dominated by coal mining, shipbuilding, chemical works and heavy WORKS engineering. Since then the riverside has been transformed into a pleasant area with a surprising variety of wildlife. E N Y T The northern section comprises amenity grassland with planted trees R E V such as willow, cherry, field maple and hawthorn. Further south lies I R rough grassland and less formal scrub planting with shrubs like the golden-berried sea buckthorn. The grasslands have flowering cowslips in the spring and yarrow, bird’s foot trefoil and knapweed later in the year. Damp areas hold northern marsh orchids and glaucous sedge. There are Hebburn also showy wasteland plants like tansy and large bindweed. Riverside On the river you may be lucky enough to see cormorants diving to catch Park flounders or, during the autumn, terns (also called sea swallows) dive- bombing for sprats. At low tide redshanks, curlews and dunlins probe for SOUT H BUTTERFLIES SMALL TORTOISESHELL food in the rich mud. DRIVE Keep your eyes ACCESS peeled for The site is well served by tarmac paths although colourful 5 some are quite steep in places. It is home to the 8 butterflies such as 1 A Hebburn Riverside Nature Trail and passing through is small tortoiseshell, T the C2C cycle route, which runs all the way to the west S peacock and red E C W coast of England. UT TH D admiral. Foxes are R A An extended circular walk can be made by taking in E O O also regularly seen T A R Bill Quay Farm, to the south. U T A O D I in this area, taking R EA R O E N T TRANSPORT L C cover in the C I Y V The site is 15 minutes walk from Hebburn Metro Station. C plantations. C 2 There is a regular bus service along Prince Consort Rd (no 538). C Borough boundary to Bill Quay Farm MILL LANE.