What to expect at Newcastle Leazes Park Northern Lights festive trail

The Northern Lights trail – not to be confused with the Aurora Borealis – will light up Newcastle’s Leazes Park later this month.

Illuminations will light up woodland glades, the park’s statues, and the lake around a one-mile route.

The trail is so hotly tipped it was named one of the best in the country by Guardian Travel last month, despite the fact the event has never ran before.

The full map has been revealed for the event. (Image: PR)

And now organisers have teased just some of displays to be dotted around the park as they released the full map for the event.

Hundreds of floating balls will cover the surface of the lake at the centre of the park, synchronised to music creating a stunning display.

Visitors can expect a stunning display on the lake. (Image: PR)

Meanwhile a laser garden will surround guests in bright green laser beams.

A laser display will feature on the trail. (Image: PR)

And one display will be part designed with the young patients on the RVI’s childrens’ ward.

Artwork has been designed by children on the wards of the RVI. (Image: PR)

Tickets for the event are on sale now. (Image: PR)

A Christmas food village is also on offer with local vendors including Fat Hippo, Acropolis Greek, Truly Madly Pizza, Twisted Chicken, Mac & Cheese, Doughvine Desserts, Tribe Coffee, and Urban Green Coffee.

The event will run from November 23 to January 1, with tickets costing £19 for adults and £13.50 for children. It is also entirely accessible.

The event comes from organisers ‘From the Fields’, which is behind a stunning Christmas trail first launched in Cardiff’s Brute Park in 2021.

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It comes as Leazes Park celebrates its 150th anniversary.

Marian Chapman, Enterprise Director at Urban Green Newcastle, the charity that manages and cares for Newcastle’s parks and allotments, said: “December 2023 marks 150 years since Leazes Park, the city’s first public park, opened to the people of Newcastle.

"Northern Lights will be a spectacular way to commemorate this landmark anniversary and celebrate one of the city’s oldest and most treasured green spaces."