Street Houses

Street Houses is a terrace house in Gateshead, England. Street Houses is situated nearby to the museum George Stephenson’s Birthplace, as well as near Close House Riverside Nature Reserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include George Stephenson’s Birthplace and Wylam railway station.

George Stephenson’s Birthplace

Museum

Photo: Ken Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

George Stephenson's Birthplace is the 18th-century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson. Located along the north bank of the River Tyne in the village of Wylam, Northumberland, the cottage is owned by the National Trust and until recently it was open to the public as a historic house museum.

Wylam railway station

Railway station

Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wylam is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 9 miles 71 chains west of Newcastle, serves the village of Wylam in Northumberland, England. Wylam railway station is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Street Houses.

Close House

Hotel

Photo: Jeff Pearson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Close House is a country estate near Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland. The estate contains a Grade II* listed former mansion house, which is currently a private residence, and Close House Golf Club. Close House is situated 2,700 feet north of Street Houses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clara Vale and Crawcrook.

Clara Vale

Village

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Clara Vale is a village situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. Once an independent village in County Durham it became incorporated into the new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in 1974 as part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.

Crawcrook

Village

Crawcrook is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. The population taken at the 2021 Census of the Gateshead ward was 9,058, increasing from 8,841 in 2011. The village is historically part of County Durham.