Garden · near Sunniside · Tyne and Wear

Birkheads Secret Gardens

Birkheads Secret Gardens stands 1.7 km southeast of Sunniside. Close by, Beamish Museum is 2.3 km away, one of 67 within 15 km.

Where

1.7 km

southeast of Sunniside

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Garden near Sunniside

Just outside Sunniside

Birkheads Secret Gardens is 1.7 km southeast of Sunniside. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Aim for June to September, when Sunniside reaches 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 2°60 mm

Feb7° / 2°55 mm

Mar9° / 3°51 mm

Apr12° / 4°58 mm

May15° / 7°49 mm

Jun17° / 10°70 mm

Jul20° / 12°69 mm

Aug20° / 12°75 mm

Sep17° / 10°68 mm

Oct13° / 7°73 mm

Nov9° / 4°81 mm

Dec7° / 2°68 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Sunniside, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Sunniside. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Sunniside’s full climate →

About

Birkheads Secret Gardens

Type: Garden
Town: 1.7 km southeast of Sunniside
Official site: birkheadssecretgardens.co.uk/gardens

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting your bearings

The map puts Birkheads Secret Gardens in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

The biggest base of the 8 is Gateshead (115,278 people). The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · 1.7 km northwest of it

Sunniside

3,422 people · 9 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km east of it

Kibblesworth

1,500 people · 7 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km southwest of it

Stanley

19,423 people · 6 places to visit

4 · 2.9 km northeast of it

Gateshead

115,278 people · 49 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Birkheads Secret Gardens is	People	Places to visit
Sunniside	1.7 km northwest of it	3,422	9
Kibblesworth	1.9 km east of it	1,500	7
Stanley	2.7 km southwest of it	19,423	6
Gateshead	2.9 km northeast of it	115,278	49
Whickham	3.1 km north of it	15,680	33
Tanfield Lea	3.2 km southwest of it	2,399	6
Birtley	3.5 km east of it	13,840	11
Urpeth	3.5 km southeast of it	2,048	8

Make a day of it

Combine it with these

Our list has 67 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a castle.

MuseumBeamish Museum2.3 km away · 350K visitors a year 2

MuseumTurbinia7.4 km away 3

CathedralNewcastle Cathedral7.8 km away 4

CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle7.7 km away 5

CathedralSt Mary's Cathedral7.5 km away 6

Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock8.8 km away · 638K visitors a year 7

MuseumCentre for Life7.3 km away · 225K visitors a year 8

Heritage railwayTanfield Railway1.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Visiting Birkheads Secret Gardens

Where is Birkheads Secret Gardens?

Birkheads Secret Gardens is 1.7 km southeast of Sunniside, Tyne and Wear.

What is Birkheads Secret Gardens?

Garden.

When is the best time to visit Birkheads Secret Gardens?

June to September are the warmest months in Sunniside, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Birkheads Secret Gardens?

Within 15 km: Beamish Museum (2.3 km), Turbinia (7.4 km), Newcastle Cathedral (7.8 km) and Newcastle upon Tyne Castle (7.7 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Mary's Cathedral: James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Centre for Life: Simon Cobb, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Tanfield Railway: Stephen Daglish, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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