Swalwell
Swalwell is a village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which was historically part of County Durham.- Type: Village with 3,200 residents
- Description: village in Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “Swalwell, Tyne and Wear”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holy Trinity Church and War Memorial.
MetroCentre railway station
Railway station
MetroCentre is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 3 miles 33 chains west of Newcastle, between Dunston and Blaydon, serving the MetroCentre shopping centre, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whickham and Blaydon.
Whickham
Town
Whickham is a village in the Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, North East England, historically in the county of Durham. The village is on high ground overlooking the River Tyne and 5 miles south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Blaydon
Town
Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon-on-Tyne.
Winlaton Mill
Village
Winlaton Mill is a village in Tyne and Wear, North East England. It is not to be confused with Winlaton to the northwest which now comprises the southern part of Blaydon.
Swalwell
- Category: locality
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.95321° or 54° 57′ 12″ north
Longitude
-1.68734° or 1° 41′ 14″ west
Population
3,200
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB LLL
Open location code
9C6WX837+73
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Swalwell” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Swalwell”
- French: “Swalwell”
- Irish: “Swalwell”
- Polish: “Swalwell”
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