West Wylam
West Wylam is an electrical substation in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. West Wylam is situated nearby to the community center Prudhoe Childrens Centre, as well as near the forest Cockshot Dene.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prudhoe Castle and Prudhoe railway station.
Prudhoe Castle
Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. Prudhoe Castle is situated 4,200 feet west of West Wylam.
Prudhoe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prudhoe is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 12 miles 1 chain west of Newcastle, serves the town of Prudhoe and villages of Mickley and Ovingham in Northumberland, England. Prudhoe railway station is situated 1 mile west of West Wylam.
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 1¼ miles northeast of West Wylam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mickley and Crawcrook.
Mickley
Village
Photo: Helen Wilkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mickley is a cluster of villages in the civil parish of Prudhoe, in Northumberland, England. It lies south of the River Tyne and is accessible via the A695. Mickley is situated 2 miles west of West Wylam.
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. Crawcrook is situated 2 miles east of West Wylam.
Clara Vale
Village
Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Clara Vale is situated 2 miles northeast of West Wylam.
West Wylam
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Prudhoe, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.96491° or 54° 57′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.83849° or 1° 50′ 19″ westOperator
Northern PowergridOpen location code
9C6WX576+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 789194660OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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