Guards

Guards is a locality in Gateshead, England. Guards is situated near the locality Dukeshagg Farm, as well as near Frenches Close.

Places of Interest

Highlights: 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 Leadgate and Greenside.

Leadgate

Hamlet

Leadgate is a hamlet just outside Chopwell in southern Northumberland, England. It is 4.5 miles southeast of Stocksfield and 1 mile northwest of Chopwell.

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.

Guards

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

54.94452° or 54° 56′ 40″ north

Longitude

-1.82506° or 1° 49′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C6WW5VF+RX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 389454390

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Dukeshagg Farm and Frenches Close.

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Highlights: Guards Wood and Buck’s Nook Woods.

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