Guards
Guards is a locality in Gateshead, England. Guards is situated nearby to the locality Dukeshagg Farm, as well as near Frenches Close.Places of Interest
Highlights include Prudhoe Castle and Wylam railway station.
Prudhoe Castle
Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. Prudhoe Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Guards.
Wylam railway station
Railway station
Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wylam is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 9 miles 71 chains west of Newcastle, serves the village of Wylam in Northumberland, England. Wylam railway station is situated 2 miles north of Guards.
Prudhoe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prudhoe is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 12 miles 1 chain west of Newcastle, serves the town of Prudhoe and villages of Mickley and Ovingham in Northumberland, England. Prudhoe railway station is situated 2 miles northwest of Guards.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenside and Prudhoe.
Greenside
Village
Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greenside is a village in the extreme west of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. Once an independent village in County Durham, it became incorporated into Tyne and Wear in 1974 and then the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1986. Greenside is situated 1½ miles east of Guards.
Prudhoe
Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY 2.0.
Prudhoe is a town in Northumberland in northeast England. With a population of 10,300 in 2021, it's the largest of a string of villages along the lower Tyne valley.
Chopwell
Village
Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chopwell is a village in the Gateshead district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, 3 miles west of Rowlands Gill and 1 mile north of Hamsterley. Chopwell is situated 2 miles south of Guards.
Guards
- Type: Locality
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.94452° or 54° 56′ 40″ northLongitude
-1.82506° or 1° 49′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C6WW5VF+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 389454390OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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