Shildon Signal Box
Shildon Signal Box is a building in Shildon, County Durham, England. Shildon Signal Box is situated nearby to the industrial building Coal Drops, 110 Metres East Of Soho Engine Shed, as well as near Gaunless Bridge.Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: signal box in Shildon, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Shildon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shildon railway station and Locomotion Museum.
Shildon railway station
Railway station
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shildon is a railway station serving the town of Shildon in County Durham, England on the Tees Valley Line, between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. Shildon railway station is situated 350 feet northwest of Shildon Signal Box.
Locomotion Museum
Museum
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group. Locomotion Museum is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Shildon Signal Box.
Coal Drops, 110 Metres East Of Soho Engine Shed
Industrial building
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coal Drops, 110 Metres East Of Soho Engine Shed is an industrial building, which is situated 540 feet west of Shildon Signal Box.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shildon and Middridge.
Shildon
Town
Photo: David Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first station, built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Middridge
Village
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middridge is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated east of Shildon and north-west of Newton Aycliffe. The village is situated near a quarry that was mined by the people many generations ago.
Old Eldon
Hamlet
Old Eldon is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the east of Bishop Auckland.
Shildon Signal Box
- Category: signal box
- Location: Shildon, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.62582° or 54° 37′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.63517° or 1° 38′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C6WJ9G7+8WOpenStreetMap ID
way 261911788OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
railway=signal_boxWikidata ID
Q26670205
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