Backworth Colliery (Algernon Pit)
Backworth Colliery (Algernon Pit) is a mine in North Tyneside, England. Backworth Colliery (Algernon Pit) is situated nearby to the health club Unit 13 Boxing Club, as well as near the power station Tynemouth Energy Storage System.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stephenson Railway Museum and St Mark.
Stephenson Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Robby George, CC0.
The North Tyneside Steam Railway and Stephenson Steam Railway are visitor attractions in North Shields, North East England. The museum and railway workshops share a building on Middle Engine Lane adjacent to the Silverlink Retail Park. Stephenson Railway Museum is situated 3,500 feet south of Backworth Colliery (Algernon Pit).
St Mark
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mark is a church, which is situated 2,700 feet north of Backworth Colliery (Algernon Pit).
Shiremoor Metro station
Railway station
Photo: Mankind 2k, CC BY 3.0.
Shiremoor is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the village of Shiremoor, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It opened in 1980, following the opening of the first phase of the metro, between Haymarket and Tynemouth via Four Lane Ends. Shiremoor Metro station is situated 4,200 feet north of Backworth Colliery (Algernon Pit).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New York and Murton.
New York
Village
Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New York is a suburban village in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, North East England. Approximately 4 miles from Whitley Bay, and 5 miles from the town of Tynemouth, it locally governed as part of the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside.
Murton
Hamlet
Murton is a small village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, England. The village is separated by fields from the nearby areas of West Monkseaton, New York, Earsdon and Shiremoor.
Shiremoor
Village
Photo: C G Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shiremoor is a village in Tyne and Wear, Northern England. It is in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside and formerly governed under Northumberland.
Backworth Colliery (Algernon Pit)
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.02556° or 55° 1′ 32″ northLongitude
-1.50273° or 1° 30′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C7W2FGW+6WOpenStreetMap ID
node 1817922711OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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