Tyne Green Country Park

Tyne Green is located on the south bank of the River Tyne, just off the A69 on the road into Hexham. Tyne Green has a long history associated with Hexham Town. The land was presented to the Hexham Local Board of Health 1887 by Wentworth Blackett Beaumont of Dilston Castle (later Lord Allendale) in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee, for the leisure and benefit of the local people. It was set out with public walks between avenues of trees and became very popular with the people of Hexham.

The facilities have expanded over the years to include golf course and club house, play area and watersports centre. Tyne Green was designated a country park in 1982 through the then Countryside Commission. The park covers a 19 hectare site which includes the golf course and greens to the west of the railway tracks, and also to the east of the main site accessed via a walkway under the road bridge.

The river and riverside land provide wildlife habitats although there are no special wildlife habitats designated. The River Tyne is a great place for over wintering birds like Goosander, Goldeneye and Teal. Outside agencies that have links with Tyne Green are the Tyne Rivers Trust, Environment Agency, Northumbrian Water, please see below for the various sporting clubs that are based at the site. There is no visitor centre as such: there are public toilets on site, golf clubhouse has a cafe open to the public and information on events and club activities is available in the noticeboard and on this website.