Sheddon’s Hill

Places of Interest

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.

Washington Old Hall

Museum

Photo: PJMarriott, CC BY 3.0.

Washington Old Hall is a historic manor house in Washington, Tyne and Wear, England. It lies in the centre of Washington, being surrounded by other villages.

Washington Galleries bus station

Bus station

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Washington Galleries Bus Station is located in the town of Washington in Tyne and Wear. The bus station was constructed in the early 1970s, to serve the adjacent Galleries Shopping Centre, which opened in 1974.

Places in the Area

Washington

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Washington is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It was a small mining village but from 1964 became the core of a planned New Town, with a population of over 67,000 in 2011.

Gateshead

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It stands on the south bank of the River Tyne looking across to Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.

Chester-le-Street

Photo: JohnBlackburne, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, with a population of 23,500 in 2021. It's a commuter town for Newcastle 8 miles north; the main reason to visit is Durham CCC cricket ground, which stages county and international matches.

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