Benfield School

Benfield School is a coeducational secondary school located in Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Its pupils come from a large area of Newcastle's East and West ends including Byker, Heaton, Walker, Walkergate, Benwell and other areas of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Type: School
Description: school in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Address: Cherrywood, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 4NU

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Walkergate Metro station and St. Oswald’s.

Walkergate Metro station

Railway station

Photo: C G Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Walkergate is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between Tynemouth and St James via Wallsend. Walkergate Metro station is situated 1,700 feet south of Benfield School.

St. Oswald’s

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Oswald’s is a church, which is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Benfield School.

Segedunum

Archaeological site

Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Segedunum was a Roman fort at modern-day Wallsend, North Tyneside in North East England. The fort lay at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall near the banks of the River Tyne. Segedunum is situated 1 mile east of Benfield School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heaton and Wallsend.

Heaton

Suburb

Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heaton is a district and suburb in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England, two miles east of the city centre. It is bordered by the neighbouring areas of Walkergate to the east, Jesmond to the north west, Byker to the south, and Sandyford to the west.

Wallsend

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wallsend on Tyne is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It's industrial, with a population of almost 44,000 in 2011, and lies four miles east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It got its name as the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.