Wrekenton
Wrekenton is a residential area in Gateshead, located around 3.5 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, 11 miles from Sunderland, and 14 miles from Durham. In 2011, Census data for the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council ward of High Fell recorded a total population of 6,110.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Donald Brydon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 6,110 residents
- Description: suburb of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wreckington”
- Postal code: NE9
Places of Interest
Highlights include Angel of the North and Cardinal Hume Catholic School.
Angel of the North
Work of art
The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, 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.
Cardinal Hume Catholic School
School
Cardinal Hume Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Beacon Lough area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England.
Bowes Railway
Museum
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bowes Railway, built by George Stephenson in 1826, is the world's only operational preserved standard gauge cable railway system. It was built to transport coal from pits in Durham to boats on the River Tyne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Springwell Village and Low Fell.
Springwell Village
Village
Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springwell Village is a village in the City of Sunderland, bordering Gateshead, approximately 7.6 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, 9 miles from Sunderland, and 13 miles from Durham.
Low Fell
Suburb
Photo: Meetthefeebles, CC BY 3.0.
Low Fell is a suburb of Gateshead situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. Built predominantly on sandstone, grindstone and clay, it is bordered by Sheriff Hill/Deckham to the east, Saltwell/Bensham to the west, Harlow Green to the south and Shipcote to the north.
Lamesley
Village
Photo: Stephen Daglish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamesley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,742. Lamesley is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wrekenton.
Wrekenton
- Category: locality
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.92531° or 54° 55′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.57458° or 1° 34′ 29″ westPopulation
6,110Elevation
486 feet (148 metres)Open location code
9C6WWCGG+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 289821153OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11551000Wikidata ID
Q8037721
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Wrekenton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wrekenton”
- French: “Wrekenton”
- Polish: “Wrekenton”
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