Black Hill
Black Hill is a peak in Gateshead, England and has an elevation of 495 feet. Black Hill is situated nearby to the suburb Wrekenton, as well as near Eighton Banks.Places of Interest
Highlights include Heworth Interchange and Bowes Railway.
Heworth Interchange
Railway station
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.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is based in Sheriff Hill in Gateshead, England. It is managed by Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gateshead and Washington.
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.
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.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Photo: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in Tyne and Wear in the north-east of England. It's an industrial but lively, cultural place on the north bank of the River Tyne, with a population of just over 300,000 in 2019, and another half a million residing in its outlying areas.
Black Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 495 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.9312° or 54° 55′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.5647° or 1° 33′ 53″ westElevation
495 feet (151 metres)Open location code
9C6WWCJP+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1013628344OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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