Willington Dene Viaduct

Willington Dene Viaduct is a railway bridge at , near , in north-eastern England. Its seven arches were built in timber in 1839 and later replaced with wrought iron in a near-identical pattern.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Willington Viaduct”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hadrian Road and Howdon Metro station.

Railway station
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is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the town of , in , England. It joined the network on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between and via . is situated 2,000 feet west of Willington Dene Viaduct.

Railway station
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Howdon is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburb of , in , England. It joined the network on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between and via . is situated 2,800 feet east of Willington Dene Viaduct.

Archaeological site
Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was a Roman fort at modern-day , in . The fort lay at the eastern end of near the banks of the . is situated 1 mile west of Willington Dene Viaduct.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jarrow and Wallsend.

Town
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South Tyneside is a borough in in northeast England, with a population in 2021 of 148,000. It's a series of towns that have been industrial since the Middle Ages, and that historically lay in County Durham.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
on Tyne is a town in in the northeast of England. It's industrial, with a population of almost 44,000 in 2011, and lies four miles east of . It got its name as the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.

Town
Photo: Mike Ellison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the borough of , England. It was historically in and became part of Tyne and Wear in 1974.

Willington Dene Viaduct

Latitude
54.99371° or 54° 59′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.50691° or 1° 30′ 25″ west
Open location code
9C6WXFVV+F6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1418961076
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Wiki­data ID
Q26276186
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In Other Languages

“Willington Dene Viaduct” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Willington Dene Viaduct”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wallsend Fire Station and Howdon Library & Family Learning Centre.

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