Felling Park

HER Number

5253

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Felling Park

Place

Felling

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Park

Site Type: Specific

Landscape Park

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

Opened in July 1910, wrapping around the impressive Felling Town Hall which was built in 1902. There are spectacular displays of bedding plants on the slope which rises from Sunderland Road. Above this is an informal grass area, fringed by trees with an open bandstand at the centre. A tennis court and bowling green lie on either side of the core of the park. Above the bowling green is a small rockery with rustic stonework. The original park was later extended to the west. LOCAL LIST

Easting

427850

Northing

561920

Grid Reference

NZ427850561920

Sources

<< HER 5253 >> F. Green, 1995, A Guide to the Historic Parks and Gardens of Tyne and Wear, p 43; Gateshead Local List X20/LLG/15; Byelaws With Respect To The Open Space Known As Felling Park, Felling UDC (1910); Around Felling High Street, Gateshead MBC (1984)