Rickleton

Rickleton is an area of Washington, in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is located on the south side of Washington.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lambton Castle and Chartershaugh Bridge.

Lambton Castle

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Lambton Castle stands above Chester-le-Street, County Durham and is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham. It is listed in the mid-category of listed building, Grade II*.

Chartershaugh Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Craigy144, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chartershaugh Bridge is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield as part of the A182 road. The bridge was opened in 1975 and is named after the former settlement of Chartershaugh, which once stood on a site near the bridge.

Pelaw Grange

Sports venue

Pelaw Grange Stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing track located at North Lodge in the English county of Durham, between Chester-le-Street and Gateshead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxclose and Washington.

Oxclose

Suburb

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oxclose is an area of Washington, Tyne and Wear, England. It is located between the A1231, A182 and A195 highways, close to Sunderland, and is well served by links from the A1 which passes within 1 mile of Oxclose's boundaries.

Washington

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Washington is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It was a small mining village but from 1964 became the core of a planned New Town, with a population of over 67,000 in 2011.

South Pelaw

Village

South Pelaw is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated immediately to the north of Chester-le-Street. South Pelaw is situated 2 miles southwest of Rickleton.

Rickleton

Type: Locality with 3,060 residents
Description: village in Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Category: village
Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

54.87983° or 54° 52′ 47″ north

Longitude

-1.54798° or 1° 32′ 53″ west

Population

3,060

Elevation

167 feet (51 metres)

Open location code

9C6WVFH2+WR

GeoNames ID

6269330

Wikidata ID

Q7331984

This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Rickleton from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Rickleton” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Rickleton”
Dutch: “Rickleton”
French: “Rickleton”
Irish: “Rickleton”
Persian: “ریکلتون”
Polish: “Rickleton”
Swedish: “Rickleton”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Rickleton”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Harraton and Barley Mow.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include BUPA Hospital Washington and Biddick Academy.

England: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.