Where is Barnes Park?

Barnes Park is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SR4 8QF), in the parish of Sunderland, unparished area.

How do I get to Barnes Park?

The nearest railway station is Millfield, about 1.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode SR4 8QF.

Who owns Barnes Park?

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Is Barnes Park a protected site?

Yes — Barnes Park is part of the Durham Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Is Barnes Park free to visit?

Yes, Barnes Park is free to enter.

How do I get to Barnes Park?

The nearest railway station is Millfield, about 1.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SR4 8QF.

Parks · North East England

Barnes Park

In or near Sunderland.

Free admission

Barnes Park in England North East, United Kingdom.

Kitchener Street, Sunderland - geograph.org.uk - 2578078 — Malc McDonald — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station: Millfield · 1.7 km

Free entry
Family-friendly
Dog-friendly

Barnes Park is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Protected designations

Site of Special Scientific Interest: Durham Coast SSSI

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Barnes Park is a public park in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Taken together with its post-war extensions, which run to the former county borough boundary, it is the largest park in the city.

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

History

Barnes Park was laid out in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The land for Barnes Park, set in a valley through which the Bishopwearmouth Burn flows, was bought in 1904 for the sum £8,500. Three years later, when the depression of trade struck in 1907, the laying out of the park was started – this became a source of employment for a number of practical gardeners from the area, with a total of 2,798 men being employed. The park was then opened in August 1909. Many of the established trees were retained with oak, ash, beech and elm trees constituting its main wooded growth. Paths meandered throughout the park in all directions and at the west side, on the most elevated piece…

Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Coordinates: 54.8935, -1.4143
District: Sunderland
Parish: Sunderland, unparished area
Postcode: SR4 8QF
Parliamentary constituency: Sunderland Central
Nearest railway station: Millfield — 1.7 km
Opening: {{Start date and age|1909|8||df=yes}}

Sources

wikidata: Q48807489 (CC0)
wikipedia: Barnes Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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