Emidy Pit
Emidy Pit is a mine in Gateshead, England. Emidy Pit is situated nearby to St Anne’s Catholic Primary School, as well as near the community center Eighton Banks Village Hall.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Ninian and Bowes Railway.
St Ninian
Church
Photo: Roger Templeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Ninian is a church, which is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Emidy Pit.
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. Bowes Railway is situated 1 mile east of Emidy Pit.
Cardinal Hume Catholic School
School
Cardinal Hume Catholic School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in the Beacon Lough area of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Cardinal Hume Catholic School is situated 3,900 feet northeast of Emidy Pit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wrekenton and Low Fell.
Wrekenton
Suburb
Photo: Donald Brydon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wrekenton is a residential area in Gateshead, located around 3.5 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, 11 miles from Sunderland, and 14 miles from Durham. In 2011, Census data for the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council ward of High Fell recorded a total population of 6,110.
Low Fell
Suburb
Photo: Meetthefeebles, CC BY 3.0.
Low Fell is a suburb of Gateshead situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. Built predominantly on sandstone, grindstone and clay, it is bordered by Sheriff Hill/Deckham to the east, Saltwell/Bensham to the west, Harlow Green to the south and Shipcote to the north.
Lamesley
Village
Photo: Stephen Daglish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lamesley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,742.
Emidy Pit
- Type: Mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.92082° or 54° 55′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.58362° or 1° 35′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C6WWCC8+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 583265652OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mine
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