Illustrated graphic of original Victorian gates at Leazes Park, newcastle. With 3 number helium balloons reading '150' floating above. Text reads: Happy Birthday Leazes Park with logos for Urban Green Newcastle and Northern Lights Newcastle

Happy 150th Birthday Leazes Park!

Saturday 23 December 2023 marks the 150th birthday of Leazes Park – also known as the ‘People’s Park’ – and to celebrate this special occasion, we’ve partnered with Northern Lights Newcastle and you, the people of the city, to give the park a present.

Let’s celebrate Love Parks Week 2023

Friday 28 July marks the beginning of Love Parks Week, the annual campaign to celebrate parks, green spaces, and the dedicated volunteers and workers that look after them all year round.

Paddy Freeman’s Park boathouse marks centenary

We invited Andy Humpish, Hon. Sec. of Heaton & District Model Power Boat Club, to tell us more about the building’s history, and the role of the club in helping care for the boathouse during its 100 year history.