Thickley Wood
Thickley Wood is a forest in Shildon, County Durham, England. Thickley Wood is situated nearby to the suburb New Shildon, as well as near the village Middridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Locomotion Museum and Shildon railway station.
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.
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.
Newton Aycliffe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Adambro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newton Aycliffe is a railway station on the Tees Valley Line, which runs between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station, situated 7 miles 4 chains north-west of Darlington, serves the town of Newton Aycliffe in County Durham, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton Aycliffe and Bishop Auckland.
Newton Aycliffe
Bishop Auckland
Photo: Riversiderouge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bishop Auckland is a town in County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 23,000 in 2021. The main reason to visit is the fine castle, for eight centuries a bishop's residence.
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.
Thickley Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Shildon, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6247° or 54° 37′ 29″ northLongitude
-1.6259° or 1° 37′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C6WJ9FF+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 769111362OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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