Marley Hill
Marley Hill is a former colliery village about six miles to the south west of Gateshead, near the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham. It has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead since 1974.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Donkeyjacket, CC0.
Photo: Donkeyjacket, CC0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beamish Museum and Washing Wells Roman Fort.
Beamish Museum
Museum
Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
Beamish Museum is the first regional open-air museum, in England, located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. Beamish Museum is situated 2½ miles southeast of Marley Hill.
Washing Wells Roman Fort
Archaeological site
Washing Wells Roman Fort, was a fort in the Roman province of Britannia. Its ruins are located at southeast of Whickham in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Washing Wells Roman Fort is situated 1½ miles northeast of Marley Hill.
Ravensworth Castle
Ruins
Photo: john tollitt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravensworth Castle is a ruinous Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument situated at Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England. The building has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times, and was the seat of the Ravensworth barons, the Liddells. Ravensworth Castle is situated 2 miles east of Marley Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Causey and Tanfield.
Causey
Hamlet
Photo: Barry Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Causey is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north of Stanley.
Tanfield
Hamlet
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tanfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. Tanfield is situated 2 miles southwest of Marley Hill.
Burnopfield
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnopfield is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated north of Stanley and Annfield Plain, close to the River Derwent and is 564 feet above sea level. Burnopfield is situated 2 miles west of Marley Hill.
Marley Hill
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.91663° or 54° 54′ 60″ northLongitude
-1.68226° or 1° 40′ 56″ westElevation
581 feet (177 metres)Open location code
9C6WW889+M3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4424952968OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Marley Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Marley Hill”
- French: “Marley Hill”
- Irish: “Marley Hill”
- Welsh: “Marley Hill”
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