High Wood

High Wood is a nature reserve in Gateshead, England. High Wood is situated nearby to the village Blackhall Mill, as well as near Hamsterley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vindomora and Hamsterley Hall.

Vindomora

Archaeological site

Photo: Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain. Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and 12 miles west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hamsterley Hall

Castle

Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hamsterley Hall is an 18th-century English country house at Hamsterley, Rowlands Gill, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The estate at Hamsterley was given, in 1762, by Sir John Swinburne Bt to his younger brother Henry Swinburne.

Church of St Mary Magdalene

Church

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Consett and Shotley Bridge.

Consett

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Consett is a former steel-making town in County Durham, in the hills 14 miles southwest of Newcastle. In 2021 the population was 29,885.

Shotley Bridge

Village

Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shotley Bridge is a village, adjoining the town of Consett to the south in County Durham, England, 15 miles northwest of Durham. It is located on the A694 road starting from Consett and Blackhill to the south, then continuing north east to East Law, Ebchester and onward to Swalwell within the borough of Gateshead.

Rowlands Gill

Village

Rowlands Gill is a village on the north bank of the River Derwent, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The Gibside Estate is near the village.

High Wood

Type: Nature reserve
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.9013° or 54° 54′ 5″ north

Longitude

-1.8026° or 1° 48′ 10″ west

Operator

Durham Wildlife Trust

Open location code

9C6WW52W+GW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 253896582

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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