Shildon
Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first station, built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
- Town with about 10,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 430 feet (130 metres)
- …is also known as “Shildon, County Durham”
- Description: town in County Durham, England
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shildon War Memorial and Shildon Tunnel.
Shildon Tunnel
Shildon Tunnel is a railway tunnel on the Tees Valley…
Shildon railway station
Shildon is a railway station serving the town…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eldon and Eldon Lane.
Eldon
Village
Eldon is a village in County Durham, England.
Coundon Grange
Village
Coundon Grange is a village in the civil parish of Dene Valley, in County Durham, England.
Shildon
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Latitude
54.63262° or 54° 37′ 57″ north
Longitude
-1.6486° or 1° 38′ 55″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB SDN
Open location code
9C6WJ9M2+2H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Shildon” goes by many names.
شيلدونArabic
ShildonAsturian
ShildonBasque
শিল্ডনBengali
ShildonCebuano
希尔登Chinese
希爾登Chinese
ShildonCzech
ShildonDutch
શિલ્ડનGujarati
שילדוןHebrew
ShildonIrish
ShildonItalian
シルドンJapanese
ಶಿಲ್ಡನ್Kannada
쉴돈Korean
ŠildonasLithuanian
ShildonMin Nan Chinese
ShildonNorwegian Nynorsk
شیلدونPersian
ShildonPolish
ShildonRomanian
ШилдонRussian
ShildonSlovak
ShildonSlovenian
شیلدونSouth Azerbaijani
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Shildon Library and Shildon Methodist Church.
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County Durham: Highlights
Learn more about Durham and Darlington.
