River Derwent
River Derwent is a stream in England, United Kingdom. River Derwent is situated nearby to the locality Paradise, as well as near South Benwell.Places of Interest
Highlights include MetroCentre railway station and Benwell Roman Temple.
MetroCentre railway station
Railway station
Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Benwell Roman Temple
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benwell Roman Temple is an archaeological site.
The Mitre
School building
Photo: The JPS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mitre is a building situated in the Benwell area in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is a Grade II listed building. A tower house known as Benwell Tower was built in 1221.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benwell and Elswick.
Benwell
Suburb
Benwell is an area in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Until 1974 it was in Northumberland.
Dunston
Suburb
Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunston is a western area of the town of Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, North East England. Dunston had a population of 18,326 at the 2011 Census.
River Derwent
- Type: Stream
- Also known as: “Derwent”
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.96667° or 54° 58′ northLongitude
-1.66667° or 1° 40′ westElevation
72 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C6WX88M+M8GeoNames ID
2651316
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