Claxheugh Rock
Claxheugh Rock is a cliff in Sunderland, England. Claxheugh Rock is situated nearby to the recreation area Ford Hub, as well as near Sunderland Rowing Club.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of The Good Shepherd and South Hylton Metro station.
Church of The Good Shepherd
Church
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Church of The Good Shepherd is situated 2,200 feet south of Claxheugh Rock.
South Hylton Metro station
Railway station
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South Hylton is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of Pennywell and South Hylton, City of Sunderland in Tyne and Wear, North East England. South Hylton Metro station is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Claxheugh Rock.
Hylton Castle
Castle
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Hylton Castle is a stone castle in the North Hylton area of Sunderland, England. Originally built from wood by the Hilton family shortly after the Norman Conquest in 1066, it was later rebuilt in stone in the late 14th to early 15th century. Hylton Castle is situated 1 mile north of Claxheugh Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ford Estate and South Hylton.
Ford Estate
Suburb
Ford Estate is a suburb in the south of Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. The suburb is divided into two areas: High Ford borders the estate of Pennywell.
South Hylton
Suburb
South Hylton is a suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. Lying west of Sunderland city centre on the south bank of the River Wear, South Hylton has a population of 10,317.
Pallion
Suburb
Photo: Martin Routledge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pallion is a suburb and electoral ward in North West Sunderland, in Tyne and Wear, England. Most of the buildings in the area were built during the Victorian Era and consist of large terraced houses built for shipbuilders, but also smaller one-storey cottages in other areas for local workers.
Claxheugh Rock
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.9105° or 54° 54′ 38″ northLongitude
-1.43534° or 1° 26′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C6WWH67+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 730727984OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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