Leam Lane

Leam Lane is a locality in Gateshead, England. Leam Lane is situated nearby to the suburb Wardley, as well as near the locality Follingsby.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heworth Interchange and Pelaw Metro station.

Heworth Interchange

Railway station

Photo: Whohe!, CC BY 3.0.

Heworth Interchange is a multimodal transport hub consisting of a Tyne and Wear Metro station, National Rail station and bus station, as well as a park and ride facility.

Pelaw Metro station

Railway station

Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pelaw is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Bill Quay, Pelaw and Wardley, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 15 September 1985.

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 Felling.

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.

Felling

Suburb

Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Felling is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, the town became part of the metropolitan borough of Gateshead in 1974.

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. Wrekenton is situated 1½ miles southwest of Leam Lane.

Leam Lane

Type: Locality
Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.93753° or 54° 56′ 15″ north

Longitude

-1.53888° or 1° 32′ 20″ west

Elevation

226 feet (69 metres)

Open location code

9C6WWFQ6+2C

GeoNames ID

13267641

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