Hebburn is a South Tyneside town adjacent to Jarrow, between the River Tyne and the green ridge of the Bill Quay and Wardley farmland plateau. The Hebburn Riverside park, the mixed scrub of the Tyne Green corridor and the older walled gardens of the residential streets give local bees a modest but consistent urban forage, and the south Tyneside BKA swarm roster covers Hebburn as part of its Tyne bank coverage.
Collectors regularly attend swarms in the riverside elder and willow of the Tyne at Hebburn Quay and Monkton Dene, in the bramble and buddleia of the former clay and chemical works margins, in the mature lime and horse chestnut of Victoria Road and Campbell Park Road, and in the chimney pots and eaves of the Victorian and Edwardian terraces of Hebburn town centre.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
NE9 5AX· approx. 7 km
Visit websiteNE12 8EH· approx. 7 km
Visit websiteDH1 3SG· approx. 23 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Spring opens on sycamore and horse chestnut in Jesmond Dene, Leazes Park and Saltwell Park. The lime avenues of the Georgian terraces of Newcastle and the Victorian parks of Sunderland lead the June flow. Bramble and rosebay willowherb are heavy on former pit-head and industrial land. The coastal denes — Marsden, Whitburn, Castle Eden — contribute sea-buckthorn and coastal meadow forage; ivy on old stone streets and garden walls closes the year.
More on beekeeping in Tyne and WearReport it in under a minute and a trained local beekeeper will arrange safe collection.
