Chicken’s Wood

Chicken’s Wood is a forest in Gateshead, England. Chicken’s Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Barlow, as well as near Blaydon Burn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Paul’s Church and Path Head Watermill.

St Paul’s Church

Church

Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul's Church is a 19th-century church in Winlaton, Tyne and Wear, England, dedicated to St Paul. It is a Grade II listed building.

Path Head Mill is an 18th-century watermill at Summerhill on Blaydon Burn, between Blaydon and Stella, near Gateshead in north-east England. The Vale Mill Trust has been restoring the site to include a water-powered joiners' workshop and a visitor centre since 1994/1995.

St Patricks Church High Spen

Church

Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prudhoe and Newburn.

Prudhoe

Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY 2.0.

Prudhoe is a town in Northumberland in northeast England. With a population of 10,300 in 2021, it's the largest of a string of villages along the lower Tyne valley.

Newburn

Village

Photo: Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newburn, also known as Newburn-upon-Tyne, is a village and district of Newcastle upon Tyne, in Tyne and Wear, England. Situated on the North bank of the River Tyne, it is built rising up the valley from the river.

Blaydon

Town

Photo: Chris Bell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the town of Blaydon-on-Tyne.

Chicken’s Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Gateshead, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.9468° or 54° 56′ 48″ north

Longitude

-1.7616° or 1° 45′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C6WW6WQ+P9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 45836811

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barlow and Blaydon Burn.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Barlow Gill Wood and Burnhills Landfill Gas Plant.

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