Ravensworth
Ravensworth is an electrical substation in Lamesley, Gateshead, England. Ravensworth is situated nearby to the forest Longacre Wood, as well as near Tyne Yard.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tyne Yard and Church of St John the Evangelist.
Tyne Yard
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tyne Yard is a railway yard in Birtley, England, on the East Coast Main Line, operated by DB Cargo UK. The yard is the major freight yard of the North East, with the majority of rail freight movements in Tyne and Wear from around Great Britain passing through the yard. Tyne Yard is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Ravensworth.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Ravensworth.
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 2 miles northeast of Ravensworth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lamesley and Birtley.
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.
Birtley
Town
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birtley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is situated to the south of Gateshead and is conjoined to Chester-le-Street across the county boundary in County Durham.
Kibblesworth
Village
Photo: Peter Standing, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kibblesworth is a village 2 miles west of Birtley, Tyne and Wear, England. Kibblesworth was a mainly rural community until the development of the pit and brickworks and the resulting increase in population.
Ravensworth
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Lamesley, Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.90881° or 54° 54′ 32″ northLongitude
-1.59495° or 1° 35′ 42″ westOperator
Northern PowergridOpen location code
9C6WWC54+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 228896546
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