Wellington Obelisk
Wellington Obelisk is a monument in Grindon, Stockton-on-Tees, England. Wellington Obelisk is situated nearby to the church Wynyard Park Chapel, as well as near the forest Fulthorpe Glen.Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: obelisk in Wynyard Village, Stockton-on-Tees, England, UK
- Also known as: “Wellington Obelisk To South East Of Wynyard Hall”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wynyard Hall and Wynyard Golf Club.
Wynyard Hall
Manor estate
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Wynyard Hall is a large English country house near Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham. The house was the English family seat of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry, an Anglo-Irish aristocratic dynasty, until it was sold to Sir John Hall in 1987. Wynyard Hall is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Wellington Obelisk.
Wynyard Golf Club
Golf course
Wynyard Golf Club is a golf club situated in the village of Wynyard near Sedgefield, County Durham, England. The course was built in 1996 alongside the building of the Wynyard Estates development and was designed by Hawtree. Wynyard Golf Club is situated 3,200 feet northeast of Wellington Obelisk.
St Mary Magdalene
Church
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary Magdalene is a church, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Wellington Obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wynyard and Grindon.
Wynyard
Village
Photo: Carol Rose, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wynyard is a garden village in County Durham, England. It was designated a Garden Village by the government in 2020. Administratively, it is divided between the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the Borough of Hartlepool, with each containing a civil parish called "Wynyard".
Grindon
Hamlet
Grindon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grindon and Thorpe Thewles, in the Stockton-on-Tees district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.
Thorpe Thewles
Village
Thorpe Thewles is a village which had history dating back to the 12th century. The village shares a parish with Grindon and is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, Northern England. Thorpe Thewles is situated 2 miles southwest of Wellington Obelisk.
Wellington Obelisk
- Categories: obelisk and historic site
- Location: Grindon, Stockton-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.62149° or 54° 37′ 17″ northLongitude
-1.34593° or 1° 20′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C6WJMC3+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 158443746OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q17532549
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wynyard Hall and Wynyard Park Chapel.
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