Thornley Woodland Centre Cafe in Gateshead

Really nice place for the kids and dog the cafe if cheap and very nice people

Nice walk, if you go early you have a good chance if spotting the local deer, have also seen a fox and loads of Grey Squirrel. Bluebell's beautiful around May, currently loads of Foxgloves, wild Roses and Honeysuckle.

Fabulous walks with great views. A lot of birds to tick off your list if you're a twitcher. A great little tea room within the visitor centre offering a good selection of treats to accompany a cuppa to finish off your day perfectly

Always friendly staff. Very dog friendly inside. Outdoor tables where you can watch various birds at feeding table. Reasonable prices. Excellent bacon sandwiches.Great day out for family. Woodland walks with worksheets. Wooden sculpture walk. As long or as short as you wish.

This park is best in this country, very clean and safe for kids ,older people, families, you can ride on pushbikes,walking, hijacking, etc you can do what you want to chill out,getting rest ,a lots forest and home animals,birds,best coffee what even had from long time,friendly staff😘😘😘thank you for free cake,was delicious 😋😛😘 just what I think on my opinion needs some more good tourists,tracks are cleaned and clean from bad tourists what leave plastic, cans and rest of rubbish...definitely recommend to take day out 😁😁😁😇😇😇

Definitely recommend it's a nice place to explore and the best place to park for the nine arches viaduct

Had a great walk around the woods today, I really loved the carvings and amount of fungi we seen, at the end we popped into the cafe for a bacon sandwich and a coffee, not kidding one bit here or exaggerating in any way when i say I just had the nicest bacon sandwich I've ever had (that I did not make myself), the bacon was high quality and there was loads in too, the buns were delicious and everything was just right, add on that a warm welcome and great service from the person running the cafe, such a refreshing experiences 😀 please check my most recent review before this one to understand what I am talking about there 🤐

Great place to go waking, lots of trails to pick from , sculpture trail is good , short with lots of carved sculptures to look out for , cafe does great bacon butties and hot chocolate, other snacks and drinks available.

Very friendly visitor centre with good selection of food. Seats outside, dogs welcome. Limited parking. We probably only did a quarter of the walks on offer from this point. We did the river walk and sculpture trail for about 3 hours, good places along the river for children to get down and plodge. Other walks are signposted so we will definitely return.

A total gem. Very reasonable and lovely food in the cafe, and some free trails for the kids to pick up to help them engage in the walks- spotting leaves, insects and animal prints. Great way to access some of the derwent walk.