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Herrington Country Park
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Herrington Country Park

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear ·

Quick answer

Herrington Country Park is a Sunderland City Council park near Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, with flat waymarked circular walking routes around a boating lake; dogs are generally welcome on the park's open paths.

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Distance

3 miles

Easy

Difficulty

🐾

Off-lead

Yes

🚧

Stiles

None

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Parking

Available

About this walk

Herrington Country Park is a Sunderland City Council park on reclaimed colliery land near Houghton-le-Spring, with waymarked red, blue and green circular routes around a model boating lake, open grassland and Penshaw Monument views.

Terrain

Surfaced pathsGrasslandLakeside

🅿️ Parking

Free on-site car park beside the model boating lake.

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