Byker - Harbottle Park

Very little more than a couple of fields and 2 adult football pitches, Harbottle Park underwent an £800,000 revamp in 2010. All the works to improve the park were suggested by the community following consultation. New play equipment, a football-themed gateway, new pathways, entrance features, new lighting and drainage added to the new football pitches used by Walker Central Juniors FC and the local Sunday League team Byker and St Peters FC.

Update: As of 2020 St Peters FC have folded and I believe Walker Central Juniors FC no longer use the pitches.



5th March 2022



Tree planting in Harbottle Park.
A tree planting session organised by Urban Green Newcastle was well attended by local families after an appeal for help. Around 1000 native trees were palnted in the southern end of the park.




29th December 2021



Sunrise over Harbottle Park.




12th August 2021



Pop-up theatre from Northern Stage.




10th July 2021



A growing queue of families waiting for the funfair to open
A growing queue of families waiting for the funfair to open
The queue growing before the fair opens.






9th July 2021



A panoramic photo showing the setting up of the funfair on Harbottle Park
The trucks arriving for the funfair.



A poster from Urban Green Newcastle warning that horses tied up on Harbottle Park will be removed
Loose your Horse.




10th February 2021



A snowy stone sculpture about football with St James park in the background
A rope bridge in the play area covered in snow
A climbing rock with snow and graffiti
A snowy play area in Harbottle Park
Snowy Harbottle Park with Ayton Street and St Michael's Church in the background
A yellow painted house on the edge of Harbottle park
Harbottle Park after a heavy snowfall.




2nd January 2021



A snowy Harbottle Park, Byker with Allendale Road in the background
Harbottle Park after a light snowfall.




22nd December 2020



Looking over Walker Road towards Harbottle Park.




29th November 2020



A panoramic photograph of a colourful sunrise over Harbottle Park, Byker.

A vivid sunrise over Harbottle Park, Byker.

Sunrise over Harbottle Park.




29th October 2020



A stunning sunrise over Harbottle Park
A stunning sunrise over Harbottle Park with silhouettes of early morning cars on Walker Road
Sunrise over Harbottle Park.




6th March 2020





The entrance to Harbottle Park from Allendale Road


A childrens slide at Harbottle Park


A winding path through Harbottle Park

Vandalised childrens swings in Harbottle Park

A row of colourful houses on Ayton Street bordering Harbottle Park

Harbottle Park with views across the Tyne to Gateshead Stadium

A vandalised entrance to Harbottle Park


The winding path in Harbottle Park

Harbottle Park with the flats on Solway Street in the background
A frosty morning in Harbottle Park.




21st July 2019



Stunning cloud formation over Harbottle Park

A stunning cloud formation over Harbottle Park.




26th March 2017



Spectators with a horse at a Sunday League football game in Harbottle Park

A Sunday League game featuring the now defunct Byker and St Peters Club watched by 3 men and a horse.




17th June 2014



















6th May 2014


















The south eastern entrance to Harbottle Park












22nd December 2010



Harbottle Park Regeneration, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. 2010

The on-going regeneration.




10th November 2010




The on-going regeneration.




15th October 2010




The on-going regeneration.




11th August 2010







The on-going regeneration.




18th June 2010




The on-going regeneration.




18th May 2010









The on-going regeneration.




16th April 2010



Construction of a new path at the western end of Harbottle park



The on-going regeneration.




25th March 2010




The on-going regeneration.




10th January 2010



A wintry scene taken just before the regeneration began.




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