Prestwick Carr, Ponteland

Name: Prestwick Carr
Address: Ponteland, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Ponteland

Sightseeing

Gallery (1)

Map

Map

Facts and practical information

Prestwick Carr is a large area of low-lying wetland on the northern boundary of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in northeastern England between Dinnington and Ponteland. It is known for attracting various birds of wetlands and open country and is an Site of Special Scientific Interest and a nature reserve managed by the Northumberland Wildlife Trust. A large part of the site is owned by the Ministry of Defence. ()

Coordinates: 55°3'22"N, 1°41'46"W

Address

CastlePonteland United Kingdom

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Ponteland

Day trips

Prestwick Carr – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Northumberlandia, Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens, Ponteland Golf Club, Kirkley Hall.

3.5 miNE
Park, Monuments and statues
Northumberlandia, Cramlington
89 min walk • Northumberlandia is a huge land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington, Northumberland, northern England. Made of 1.5 million tonnes of earth from neighbouring Shotton Surface Mine, it is 34 metres high and 400 metres long, set in a 19 hectares public park.
3.6 miNW
Zoo
Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens, Ponteland
92 min walk • Northumberland College Zoo is a zoo located in Ponteland, Northumberland. Based within the 400-acre Kirkley Hall College campus, which is also shared with Kirkley Hall, the site is home to over 200 species and is managed by Northumberland College.
1.6 miW
55°3'1"N • 1°44'9"W
Ponteland Golf Club, Ponteland
42 min walk • Golf
3.7 miNW
Zoo, Garden, Outdoor activities
Kirkley Hall, Ponteland
94 min walk • Kirkley Hall is a 17th-century historic country mansion and Grade II listed building in Northumberland, England. The estate is over 190 acres and adjoins the River Blyth at Kirkley, three miles north of Ponteland in the heart of the Northumberland countryside, which is now a Horticultural and Agricultural training centre.
1.8 miW
Tower
Ponteland Castle, Ponteland
48 min walk • Ponteland Castle is a 13th-century stone tower house just off the A696 road in Ponteland, 8 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, in Northumberland. Founded by William de Valence, part of it was destroyed in a Scottish raid in 1388. In the 17th century it became part of a Jacobean manor house.
2.9 miE
Area
Wideopen, Newcastle upon Tyne
74 min walk • Wideopen, also occasionally spelled Wide Open, is a village in the administrative borough of North Tyneside, north of Gosforth and six miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne city centre.
3.2 miE
Church
Sacred Heart Church
81 min walk • The Sacred Heart Church is a Roman Catholic church and ecclesiastical parish in North Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle. Situated between Wideopen village to the north and Gosforth Park to the south, the church was made a Grade II listed building in 2006.
2.2 miW
55°2'56"N • 1°45'3"W
Ponteland Park, Ponteland
57 min walk • Park
3.9 miSE
Neighbourhood
Coxlodge, Newcastle upon Tyne
100 min walk • Coxlodge is an area situated between Fawdon, Gosforth and Kenton in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
3.7 miSE
Park
Gosforth Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
96 min walk • Gosforth Park is a park north of Gosforth in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It houses Newcastle Racecourse, Virgin Money Unity Arena, a Britannia hotel, two golf courses, a garden centre and a football centre.
2.6 miSE
Neighbourhood
Newcastle Great Park, Ponteland
68 min walk • Newcastle Great Park is a new suburb in the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Much of Newcastle Great Park is still under development and is sandwiched in between older areas of Newcastle, namely Gosforth, Fawdon and Kingston Park to the south, and Hazlerigg to the north.