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Lamesley

Angel of the North

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in , , England. Completed in 1998, it is seen by an estimated 33 million people every year due to its proximity to the A1 and A167 roads and the East Coast Main Line.
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Photo: Dwclarke, CC BY 2.5.
  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: sculpture by Antony Gormley
  • Also known as: “The Angel of the North”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tyne Yard and St Ninian.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a railway yard in , England, on the East Coast Main Line, operated by DB Cargo UK. The yard is the major freight yard of the North East, with the majority of rail freight movements in Tyne and Wear from around Great Britain passing through the yard. is situated 2,000 feet west of Angel of the North.

Church
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church, which is situated 1 mile north of Angel of the North.

Memorial
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Angel of the North.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lamesley and Wrekenton.

Village
Photo: Stephen Daglish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the , , England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,742.

Suburb
Photo: Donald Brydon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a residential area in , located around 3.5 miles from , 11 miles from , and 14 miles from . In 2011, Census data for the ward of High Fell recorded a total population of 6,110.

Town
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the , in , England. It is situated to the south of and is conjoined to across the county boundary in County Durham.

Angel of the North

Latitude
54.91412° or 54° 54′ 51″ north
Longitude
-1.58953° or 1° 35′ 22″ west
Elevation
282 feet (86 metres)
Inception
February 1998
Open location code
9C6WWC76+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 922533965
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Geo­Names ID
6618480
Wiki­data ID
Q1325290
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Angel of the North” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Engel van die Noorde”
  • Arabic: “ملاك الشمال”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսի հրեշտակ”
  • Belarusian: “Анёл Поўначы”
  • Catalan: “Àngel del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Angel of the North”
  • Chinese: “北方天使”
  • Czech: “Anděl severu”
  • Czech: “Angel of the North”
  • Dutch: “Angel of the North”
  • Esperanto: “Anĝelo de la Nordo”
  • Finnish: “Angel of the North”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoisen enkeli”
  • French: “Ange du Nord”
  • Galician: “Anxo do Norte”
  • German: “Angel of the North”
  • German: “Engel des Nordens”
  • Hebrew: “מלאך הצפון”
  • Irish: “Aingeal an Tuaiscirt”
  • Irish: “Aingeal na dTuaisceart”
  • Italian: “Angelo del nord”
  • Italian: “Angelo del Nord”
  • Japanese: “エンジェル・オブ・ザ・ノース”
  • Japanese: “北の天使”
  • Korean: “에인절 오브 더 노스”
  • Neapolitan: “angel deu nnorde”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Angel of the North”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordens Engel”
  • Norwegian: “Angel of the North”
  • Polish: “Angel of the North”
  • Russian: “Ангел Севера”
  • Sicilian: “angiu dunnorde”
  • Spanish: “Angel del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Ángel del Norte”
  • Swedish: “Angel of the North”
  • Thai: “Angel of the North”
  • Thai: “เทวดาแห่งภาคเหนือ”
  • Ukrainian: “Ангел Півночі”
  • Urdu: “فرشتہ شمال”
  • Welsh: “Angel y Gogledd”

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