National Green Infrastructure Facility

National Green Infrastructure Facility is a grassland in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. National Green Infrastructure Facility is situated nearby to Science Square, as well as near the university building Frederick Douglass Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St James’ Park and Turbinia.

St James’ Park

Stadium

Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

St. James' Park is a football stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is the home of Newcastle United. With a seating capacity of 52,719, it is the 9th largest football stadium in England. St James’ Park is situated 1,100 feet northeast of National Green Infrastructure Facility.

Turbinia

Photo: Alfred John West, Public domain.

Turbinia is the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894 by Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, and easily the fastest ship in the world at that time, Turbinia was demonstrated dramatically at the Spithead Navy Review in 1897 and set the standard for the next generation of steamships, the majority of which would be turbine powered. Turbinia is situated 1,700 feet south of National Green Infrastructure Facility.

St James

Railway station

Photo: Thryduulf, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St James is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It joined the network as a terminus station on 14 November 1982, following the opening of the fourth phase of the network, between Tynemouth and St James via Wallsend. St James is situated 1,100 feet east of National Green Infrastructure Facility.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Arthur’s Hill.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

The Chinatown in Newcastle is a district of Newcastle upon Tyne, located in the west of the city, on the edge of the shopping and commercial centre, along Stowell Street.

Arthur’s Hill

Suburb

Arthur's Hill is a district of Newcastle upon Tyne. It lies approximately 1 mile west of Newcastle City Centre. It is bordered by Fenham to the west, Elswick to the south, and Spital Tongues to the north west.

Grainger Town

Suburb

Photo: EL36ML, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grainger Town is the historic commercial centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It covers approximately 36 ha. Almost all of Grainger Town is in Newcastle's Central Conservation Area, one of the first designated in England.

National Green Infrastructure Facility

Type: Grassland
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.97387° or 54° 58′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.62619° or 1° 37′ 34″ west

Open location code

9C6WX9FF+GG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 731075697

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

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