Jesmond Park
Jesmond Park is a dog-friendly park in Jesmond.
Dog rules
Dogs must be on a leash at all times in public places unless in a designated leash-free area. Dogs are not permitted on the Memorial Walk or within 10 metres of a playground. Leash-free areas are patrolled and penalties apply for non-compliance. Source: City of Newcastle – Leash Free Areas (newcastle.nsw.gov.au/living/residents/pets-and-animals/leash-free-areas)
At a glance
Before you go
- 💧No confirmed drinking water — bring your own to be safe.
- 🌳No shade confirmed — take it easy on warmer days.
- 🗑Poo bags not confirmed — best to bring your own.
What people say
What an amazing park to come for a picnic, go for a bush walk and get photos with the amazing rose gardens. There are shelter tables and seats and toilets there.
Jesmond Park is a beautiful recreation area with walking and bike tracts. It is equipped with all modern facilities like free car park (limited), picnic area, BBQ area, lots of bench and public toilet. It has nicely shaped landscape gardening with different varieties of rose as well as many colourful seasonal flowers. It has lovely green playground area. Plenty of shades and children playground. Suitable for morning and evening walk. Wedding ceremony, family and birthday parties are common here.
Not crowded on weekday evenings. It’s a good place to go on morning or evening joggings. Has a nice play ground and can play basketball too.
Beautiful rose gardens and play areas for the kids. Great place to have a picnic with a number of picnic spots and areas to walk after your feast. Pity about the traffic noise but nice to have an oasis among the chaos is guess.
The bypass ripped through the bush land there, but the park itself is in a mint location. Huge areas, plenty of tables, basketball court and what’s left of the bush on the park side of the bypass is still fantastic to explore. Great place to take the kids for the day.
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