The Recreation Ground
The Recreation Ground is a park in Shildon, County Durham, England. The Recreation Ground is situated nearby to the community center Shildon Civic Hall, as well as near Hackworth Park Rest House.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shildon War Memorial and Shildon railway station.
Shildon War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shildon War Memorial is situated 830 feet north of The Recreation Ground.
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 2,800 feet southeast of The Recreation Ground.
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 4,200 feet southeast of The Recreation Ground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shildon and Eldon.
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.
Eldon
Village
Eldon is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Bishop Auckland, a short distance from Shildon. It gives its name to the peerage of the Earls of Eldon.
Eldon Lane
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Eldon Lane is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles south-west of Bishop Auckland, a short distance from Shildon. In 2021 it had a population of 998.
The Recreation Ground
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Shildon, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.63027° or 54° 37′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.6479° or 1° 38′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C6WJ9J2+4ROpenStreetMap ID
way 552422933OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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