High Spen
High Spen is an old mining village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, historically part of County Durham, England. First recorded in 1379 as a small hamlet called ‘Spen’, the settlement grew in the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries with the growth of coal mining in the region.- Village
- …lies at an elevation of 505 feet (154 metres)
- Description: village in Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Patricks Church High Spen and St John the Evangelist.
Derwent Park
Park
Derwent Park is situated in Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear, England. Derwent Park is situated 2 miles southeast of High Spen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenside and Rowlands Gill.
Greenside
Village
Greenside is a village in the extreme west of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England.
Rowlands Gill
Village
Rowlands Gill is a village on the north bank of the…
High Spen
- Category: locality
- Location
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Latitude
54.93281° or 54° 55′ 58″ north
Longitude
-1.78297° or 1° 46′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C6WW6M8+4R
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“High Spen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “High Spen”
- French: “High Spen”
- Irish: “High Spen”
- Polish: “High Spen”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hooker Gate and Highfield.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include High Spen Primary School and The Hop Garden CIC.
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