Shanks Wood

Places of Interest

Dunston railway station

Railway station

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Dunston is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 2 miles 23 chains west of Newcastle, serves the suburb of Dunston, Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.

Ravensworth Castle

Ruins

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Ravensworth Castle is a ruinous Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument situated at Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England. The building has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times, and was the seat of the Ravensworth barons, the Liddells.

Saltwell Park

Park

Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saltwell Park is a Victorian park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Opened in 1876, the park was designed by Edward Kemp and incorporates the mansion and associated grounds of the Saltwellgate estate owner, William Wailes, who sold his estate to Gateshead Council for £35,000.

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Gateshead

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It stands on the south bank of the River Tyne looking across to Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.

Newcastle upon Tyne

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Newcastle upon Tyne is a city in Tyne and Wear in the north-east of England. It's an industrial but lively, cultural place on the north bank of the River Tyne, with a population of just over 300,000 in 2019, and another half a million residing in its outlying areas.

Beamish

Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.

Beamish is a village in County Durham in northeast England. The village is just a straggle of miners' houses and the only reason to visit is the extensive open-air museum. Stanley is a former mining town two miles west, with a population of 19,427 in 2021.

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