Recreation and Education
There is a small summer season Caravan Park located on the municipal Derwent Park site.
The Derwent Park provides access to the river where permit holders can fish as well as tennis courts, putting, recreational fields and playground facilities. The Derwent Country Walk runs through the village along the route of the old rail tracks.
The village's 'In Bloom Committee' is very active and has entered the Britain in Bloom competition over the past 3 or 4 years in the 'Large Village' category. The participation is noted on road-signs.
There is a busy road running through. There are frequent bus services (Services 45/46 and 47 provided by Go North East) to Newcastle City Centre, the MetroCentre and, in the other direction, Blackhall Mill or Consett wia Ebchester and Shotley Bridge. Other minor bus routes also operate such as the local circle buses serving areas such as Sherburn Towers, and the UCall bus service.
Rowlands Gill has a Primary & Junior school, recently re-built, whose performance reflects the nature of the good people who live nearby. The schools are feeders to Ryton Comprehensive School.
Rowlands Gill, and the surrounding Derwent Valley, was chosen by the Northern Kites Project as the location for the re-introduction of Red Kites in semi-rural areas. This scheme has proven to be a big success, with birds being spotted across the west of the borough, from Crawcrook through Rowlands Gill, to Burnopfield and Whickham.
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