Gilesgate Moor
Gilesgate Moor is an electrical substation in County Durham, North East England, England. Gilesgate Moor is situated nearby to Gilesgate Park, as well as near the playground Wakenshaw Road Play Area.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kepier Hospital and St Giles’ Church, Durham.
Kepier Hospital
Archaeological site
Photo: GRAEME and LESLEY CRANSTON, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kepier Hospital was a medieval hospital at Kepier, Durham, England. Kepier Hospital is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Gilesgate Moor.
St Giles’ Church, Durham
Church
Photo: Carol Bleasdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Giles Church is a Grade I listed parish church in Gilesgate, County Durham, England. It was founded in 1112 by Bishop Ranulf Flambard as the chapel for nearby St. Giles' Hospital. St Giles’ Church, Durham is situated 1,300 feet southwest of Gilesgate Moor.
Durham Castle
University building
Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been occupied since 1837 by University College, Durham after its previous role as the residence of the Bishops of Durham. Durham Castle is situated 1 mile southwest of Gilesgate Moor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilesgate and Kepier.
Gilesgate
Suburb
Photo: Carol Bleasdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilesgate is a street and an eastern inner suburb of Durham in County Durham, England. The street was once the main eastern route into Durham City. It runs east from the end of Claypath on the edge of Durham City centre, steeply uphill to Gilesgate Moor where it splits into Sunderland Road and Sherburn Road.
Kepier
Locality
Kepier is a location in the city of Durham, England in the parish of Belmont, close to Gilesgate and beside the River Wear. It is site of the medieval Hospital of St Giles at Kepier.
Old Durham
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Durham is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated approximately 1 mile east of central Durham and south of Gilesgate. The most northerly remains of a Romanised farmstead in the Roman Empire were excavated at Old Durham during 1940s.
Gilesgate Moor
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7811° or 54° 46′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.55697° or 1° 33′ 25″ westOpen location code
9C6WQCJV+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 80458980
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