Crawcrook
Crawcrook is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. The population taken at the 2021 Census of the Gateshead ward was 9,058, increasing from 8,841 in 2011. The village is historically part of County Durham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 5,410 residents
- Description: village in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
- Also known as: “Crawbrook”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Agnes RC school and George Stephenson’s Birthplace.
St Agnes RC school
School
Crawcrook is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. The population taken at the 2021 Census of the Gateshead ward was 9,058, increasing from 8,841 in 2011. The village is historically part of County Durham.
George Stephenson’s Birthplace
Museum
Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
George Stephenson's Birthplace is the 18th-century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson. Located along the north bank of the River Tyne in the village of Wylam, Northumberland, the cottage is owned by the National Trust and until recently it was open to the public as a historic house museum.
Wylam railway station
Railway station
Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wylam is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 9 miles 71 chains west of Newcastle, serves the village of Wylam in Northumberland, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clara Vale and Greenside.
Clara Vale
Village
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Clara Vale is a village situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. Once an independent village in County Durham it became incorporated into the new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in 1974 as part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Greenside
Village
Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenside is a village in the extreme west of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. Once an independent village in County Durham, it became incorporated into Tyne and Wear in 1974 and then the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1986.
Ryton
Town
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ryton is a village in Tyne and Wear, England. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, historically part of County Durham. In 2011, the population of the Ryton, Crookhill and Stella ward was 8,146. It is 6 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Crawcrook
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.96666° or 54° 58′ northLongitude
-1.78925° or 1° 47′ 21″ westPopulation
5,410Elevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C6WX686+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 12957031OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
12266298Wikidata ID
Q5182778
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Crawcrook” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Crawcrook”
- French: “Crawcrook”
- Irish: “Crawcrook”
- Polish: “Crawcrook”
- Swedish: “Crawcrook”
- “Crawcrook”
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