Facilities in the park

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Bowling Greens

There are two bowling greens with pavilion for ladies and men’s clubs. Both greens are open to the public.

All weather sports

Two tennis and basket ball courts, which can also be used for five a side football.

Playground

Fenced younger children’s equipped play area alongside an older children’s equipped play area.

Equipment consists of swings, slides, climbing units and a sandpit.

There is also the Walker Park Play Centre. The Centre organises children’s activities five days per week.

The park has two designated football pitches, which are used by local football clubs for their league games

Walker Park has a small open-air amphitheatre, which is used for the annual samba music festival and other music events.

General Information

Who to contact

General enquiries contact Amanda Watson on 0191 2773538 or e-mail amanda.watson@newcastle.gov.uk

Walker Park Development Officer - Seamus Tollitt on 0191 2340700 or email seamus.tollitt@newcastle.gov.uk

Play grounds phone Envirocall: 0191 2744000

Other information

The park has many seats and picnic tables throughout the park and most of the main pathways are lit. Walker Park was awarded a Green Flag in 2007.

Transport and Parking

The nearest bus stops are situated near to the main Scrogg Road entrance and Titan Road bus terminal to the east of the park.

There are no parking restrictions on the main roads and streets adjacent to the park.

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Events in the Park

There are two annual events held in Walker Park. The Walker Park festival which is held in May and the Walker Park samba which is held in July.

There are also several bowls tournaments throughout the bowls season which are open to spectators.

General History

Walker (Wall-Carr – marshy place by the (Hadrian's’s) wall) is situated on an elevated plateau at about (30 metres) above a broad bent in the river Tyne about 3km east of Newcastle City Centre.

Agricultural until the early nineteenth century, the only feature that provoked comment in early topographical descriptions – for its picturesque qualities – was Walker Dene. Rising from small burns which had their confluence within the site of the present park.

Walker Park was laid out in 1888 on about twenty acres of farmland. Thomas Crawford described it in 1904. " At the entrance (to the park) from Somerset Terrace (off Church Street) is the gardeners residence and on the left is a lake, which is utilised for sailing yachts. Most of the borders are studded with trees, shrubs and flowers; a large proportion of the land is used for games of cricket, football etc. There are two large bowling greens, also two excellent tennis courts" Subsequently, a number of pavilions, statues and a bandstand were added.

It was only during the 1930’s that Walker became submerged in the urban spread of Newcastle. The City Council made continued improvement in domestic facilities but this was at the expense particularly of children’s play possibilities and by 1939 the only significant public open space remaining in Walker was Walker Park.

No new parks were laid out in Newcastle after 1914 and at Walker Park facilities were progressively withdrawn. It was not until the 1960’s that local authority once again undertook investments in recreation on any scale. Walker park along with Walker Parish Churchyard is the only significant mature tree planting in the ward Species include elm, sycamore, lime, willow, poplar and whitebeam, which grows alongside mature shrubbery and hedges with spring and summer bedding.

The current layout of Walker Park was designed and opened in 1988.