Folly
Folly is a locality in Gateshead, England. Folly is situated nearby to the locality Low Greenside, as well as near the hamlet Barlow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Agnes RC school and Ryton Library.
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.
Path Head Watermill
Museum
Path Head Mill is an 18th-century watermill at Summerhill on Blaydon Burn, between Blaydon and Stella, near Gateshead in north-east England. The Vale Mill Trust has been restoring the site to include a water-powered joiners' workshop and a visitor centre since 1994/1995. Path Head Watermill is situated 2 miles northeast of Folly.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenside and Crawcrook.
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.
Crawcrook
Village
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.
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.
Folly
- Type: Locality
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.95537° or 54° 57′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.77115° or 1° 46′ 16″ westElevation
427 feet (130 metres)Open location code
9C6WX64H+4GGeoNames ID
13265223
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