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Woodlands for forest bathing in Tyne and Wear

6 places in Tyne and Wear that suit forest bathing, with parking, paths and facilities on each page. Find a forest bathing guide in Tyne and Wear.

Beech trees in Chopwell Wood, GatesheadChopwell WoodMixed conifer and broadleaf wood above the Derwent Valley, with an easy trail through the pinesPath through Thornley Wood in Derwent Walk Country Park, GatesheadDerwent Walk Country ParkAncient Derwent Valley woods and an old railway path, starting from Thornley Woodlands CentreWoodland on the Gibside estate in the Derwent Valley, GatesheadGibside600 acres of woodland around a Georgian landscape garden in the Derwent ValleyPath through the wooded dene at Holywell Dene, North TynesideHolywell DeneOak, ash and beech in North Tyneside's last ancient semi-natural wood, along the Seaton BurnTrees in the wooded valley of Jesmond Dene, Newcastle upon TyneJesmond DeneLord Armstrong's wooded Ouseburn valley in Newcastle, with waterfalls, crags and an old millWoodland at Rising Sun Country Park, North TynesideRising Sun Country ParkWoodland, ponds and grassland in North Tyneside, with easy paths and a café

Photos: Chopwell Wood, Anthony Foster (CC BY-SA 2.0); Derwent Walk Country Park, Anthony Foster (CC BY-SA 2.0); Gibside, Trevor Littlewood (CC BY-SA 2.0); Holywell Dene, Geoff Holland (CC BY-SA 2.0); Jesmond Dene, Anthony Foster (CC BY-SA 2.0); Rising Sun Country Park, Geoff Holland (CC BY-SA 2.0).