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Whickham

Whickham is a village in , , within the . The village is on high ground overlooking the and 5 miles south-west of .
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  • Type: Town with 16,300 residents
  • Description: town in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK
  • Also known as: “Whickham, Tyne and Wear”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and MetroCentre railway station.

Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
MetroCentre is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between and via . The station, situated 3 miles 39 chains west of Newcastle, serves Metrocentre, in , England.

School
is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Whickham in , England. Formerly known as Whickham Comprehensive School, it opened in 1962 as a replacement for the small, 'all-age' Victorian school in the village centre; a much larger school was required due to the large house-building programme that was taking place.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swalwell and Dunston.

Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , , England, in the United Kingdom.

Suburb
Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a western area of the town of on the south bank of the , in the , . had a population of 18,326 at the 2011 Census.

Village
is a village in , . It is not to be confused with to the northwest which now comprises the southern part of . is situated 1½ miles west of Whickham.

Whickham

Latitude
54.94585° or 54° 56′ 45″ north
Longitude
-1.67616° or 1° 40′ 34″ west
Population
16,300
Elevation
390 feet (119 metres)
Open location code
9C6WW8WF+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29270889
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2634155
Wiki­data ID
Q2573389
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Whickham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويكهام”
  • Asturian: “Whickham”
  • Basque: “Whickham”
  • Cebuano: “Whickham”
  • Dutch: “Whickham”
  • French: “Whickham”
  • Irish: “Whickham”
  • Italian: “Whickham”
  • Persian: “ویکهم”
  • Polish: “Whickham”
  • Scots: “Whickham”
  • Spanish: “Whickham”
  • Swedish: “Whickham”
  • Welsh: “Whickham”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Whickham”. Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.