Temple Memorial Park
Address:
John Reid Road, South Shields , NE34 8QN
Telephone number:
0191 427 7000
Facilities
- Leisure centre
- Play area
- Skate park
- 3g football pitch
- Adult football pitches
- Junior football pitch
- Cross country course
- Orienteering course
- Car park
History
In 1961, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners gifted the park to the people of the borough.
This was in recognition of the part they played in the World War II.
The park is named in memory of a former Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Temple (1881 to 1944).
In 2011, the Council and Sustrans spent £500,000 on improving the park's footpaths and cycle ways.
Temple Park leisure centre is in its grounds.