Dog walks in South Tyneside: Gazette readers share their favourite spots in the borough and around the North East

Well, if you have a four-legged friend at home there’s no excuses not to get moving.

January is ‘Walk Your Dog Month’ so don’t let the sub-zero temperatures stop you from heading out to explore South Tyneside’s great outdoor spaces and those across the wider North East too.

The initiative is focused on better health for you and your pet, so why not start 2022 by discovering some new walking routes.

We asked the Gazette readers to shout out their favourite dog-walk spots across the borough.

Here are some of their top picks, including some from elsewhere in the North East too:

Church Bank and along the River Don, Jarrow

Cleadon Hills

Gibside National Trust

Littlehaven Beach

Marsden Beach

Marsden Quarry

North Marine Park

Souter Lighthouse and The Leas

South Pier and the seafront

South Marine Park

South Shields Golf Club

Temple Memorial Park

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