Brickworks Park in Wallsend is a great spot for families to visit featuring a playground, nature trail & pond area.  

To access Brickworks Park, you’ll need to find a park on the road outside & then it’s 200 metres walk/roll along a paved path to Brickworks Park.

There are covered picnic shelters & barbeques with lead-up pathways & brick artworl along the way.  The playground is to the left offering a range of play equipment including swing set, roundabout & a big wooden fort with two slides & spiderweb climbing wall.

There is a paved trail for easy rolling to an expansive covered picnic area endind at a large bird viewing area.  There are views of the quarry walls, gum trees & peaceful pond with plenty of birdlife.

Accessible toilets can be found at the entrance of the park & water fountains near the picnic tables.

Brickworks Park

Lambton Park offers a range of play equipment from toddlers to school-aged kids.  These include a rope climbing ball, a roundabout, a small play house, swingset, slides and water play equipment along with the large climbing structure best suited to older children.

There is a track to roll or for kids to ride bikes & scooters & plenty of grass to run around or spread out a blanket relax & picnic on . Not forgetting, of course, the historical rotunda with walking/rolling tracks  around the park all the way from the park past Lambton Pool to Elder Street.  The wide walking paths along Howe Street are especially pleasant as they are flanked by large shady trees. 

The park has accessible toilets, a water fountain & plenty of picnic tables & benches including a covered picnic table and BBQ.  

Free accessible parking can be found at 87 De Vitre St.

The Lambton Tea Rooms are next to the playground & there are also cafes in Elder Street across from Lambton Park.

Lambton Park

Harold Myers Park in Birmingham Gardens can be accessed via Sandgate Road & the the playground from Wilkinson Avenue, featuring multiplay equipment designed to encourage interaction between children.

This includes slides, gangways, climbing nets, a climbing wall, ladders, ground level shop, fireman's pole, sit-on bouncy, noughts and crosses, balancing beams,  spinner & ninja-style climbing cube.  

There is a selection of swings including a regular, group swing & baby/toddler swing.  The base of the playground is a mixture of softfall & woodchip, surrounded by grass however there is a slight concrete ridge into the playground.  

The park is not fenced but the playground is placed away from the road.  There is no shade over the playground but the trees do offer some shade.  There are no picnic facilities, BBQs or toilets.  Closest accessible toilets can be found at  Stockland Jesmond, 28 Blue Gum Road.  Parking is on-street on Wilkinson Avenue.  

Harold Myers Park Playground

Jesmond Park actually has two playgrounds at the park, the first being near Newcastle Road best suited to older kids.  There’s a climbing structure, roundabout, double seesaw (fits 4) and a flying saucer swing (fits as many as you can get in). 

At the back of Jesmond Park is another playground with a wide range of cool playground equipment suitable for kids from toddlers to older kids.  Around this  playground is a track suitable for wheelchairs, bikes and scooters. There’s also a half-basketball court as well as covered picnic shelters and BBQs.

The accessible toilets, bubbler and BBQs are next to this playground. Jesmond Park is a fantastic spot for a picnic as there are picnic tables and benches all over the park.

There is a signposed walking track along with a  walk up to John Hunter Hospital, a lovely walk except it is uphill.

Desginated parking can be found at 87 De Vitre St.

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