Ballast Hills
Ballast Hills is a grassland in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Ballast Hills is situated nearby to the river Ouseburn, as well as near Malings Public Square.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Seven Stories and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
Seven Stories
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children's Books is a museum and visitor centre dedicated to children's literature and based in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, close to the city's regenerated Quayside. Seven Stories is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Ballast Hills.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Arts center
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing variety of exhibitions, events, and educational programmes with no permanent exhibition. Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Ballast Hills.
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Mike1024, Public domain.
The Gateshead Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian and cyclist tilt bridge spanning the River Tyne between Gateshead arts quarter on the south bank and Newcastle upon Tyne's Quayside area on the north bank. Gateshead Millennium Bridge is situated 2,900 feet west of Ballast Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Battlefield and Sandyford.
Sandyford
Suburb
Sandyford is a small district in central Newcastle upon Tyne. It represents the north-eastern border of central Newcastle, with the suburbs of Jesmond to the north and Heaton to the east.
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.
Ballast Hills
- Type: Grassland
- Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.9726° or 54° 58′ 21″ northLongitude
-1.58717° or 1° 35′ 14″ westOpen location code
9C6WXCF7+24OpenStreetMap ID
way 172351449OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grass
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ouseburn and Malings Public Square.
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