Eighton Banks

Eighton Banks is a suburb in Lamesley, Gateshead, England. Eighton Banks is situated nearby to the suburb Wrekenton, as well as near Springwell Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bowes Railway and Cardinal Hume Catholic School.

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.

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.

St Ninian

Church

Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Ninian is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wrekenton and Springwell Village.

Wrekenton

Suburb

Photo: Donald Brydon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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.

Eighton Banks

Type: Suburb
Category: locality
Location: Lamesley, Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.91999° or 54° 55′ 12″ north

Longitude

-1.56904° or 1° 34′ 9″ west

Elevation

433 feet (132 metres)

Open location code

9C6WWC9J+X9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1342537348

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

13265252

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