Tees Cottage Pumping Station
Tees Cottage Pumping Station is a Victorian pumping station complex at Broken Scar on the A67 near Low Coniscliffe just west of Darlington. The site dates from 1849, and was built to provide drinking water for Darlington and the surrounding area.Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: former waterworks and pumping station in Darlington, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Coniscliffe Road waterworks” and “Tees Cottage Pumping Station - Visitor Centre and Gas Engine House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hummersknott Academy and St Peter’s Church, Cleasby.
Hummersknott Academy
School
Hummersknott Academy is a secondary school in Darlington in the north east of England. It has approximately 1,250 pupils aged eleven to sixteen. It has had specialist Language College status since 2005. Hummersknott Academy is situated 1,400 feet east of Tees Cottage Pumping Station.
St Peter’s Church, Cleasby
Church
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Cleasby, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The first church on the site was described in 1823 as "a very ancient structure", but later as "small and inferior". St Peter’s Church, Cleasby is situated 4,100 feet southwest of Tees Cottage Pumping Station.
Carmel College
School
Carmel College is a Catholic secondary school on The Headlands in Hummersknott, Darlington, England. It also has a sixth form, Carmel College Sixth Form. Carmel College is situated 3,700 feet northeast of Tees Cottage Pumping Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Low Coniscliffe and Hummersknott.
Low Coniscliffe
Hamlet
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Low Coniscliffe is a village in the civil parish of Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent, in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 716.
Hummersknott
Suburb
Hummersknott is an area in the western end of Darlington, County Durham England. It is a ward in the unitary authority of Darlington. It consists of mainly post-war houses, and is closely linked to Mowden.
Merrybent
Village
Photo: Storye book, CC BY 3.0.
Merrybent is a linear village in the civil parish of Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent in County Durham, in England. It is situated on the A67 road to the west of Darlington, a short distance to the north of the River Tees and the Teesdale Way.
Tees Cottage Pumping Station
- Categories: pumping station, waterworks, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Low Coniscliffe and Merrybent, Darlington, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.51966° or 54° 31′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.60208° or 1° 36′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C6WG99X+V5OpenStreetMap ID
way 383996292OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7694528
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In Other Languages
“Tees Cottage Pumping Station” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “ティーズ・コテージ揚水所”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Broken Scar Picnic Area and Tees Cottage Pumping Station - Beam Engine House.
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