Matts Bank and Blackroad Plantations

Matts Bank and Blackroad Plantations is a forest in , , . Matts Bank and Blackroad Plantations is situated nearby to the village , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gosforth Nature Reserve and Wansbeck Road.

Nature reserve
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a wildlife haven in , . It includes extensive woodland and wetland habitats and is managed by the Natural History Society of Northumbria.

Railway station
Photo: Mankind 2k, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the suburbs of and in the English city of . It opened in 1981 and is situated next to, and partly over, the bridge carrying the metro line over the .

Sports venue
is the home of Northern FC Northern Football Club in , , England. Northern FC currently has teams across Men's and Age Grade rugby union.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cramlington and Gosforth.

Photo: Adam Leadbetter, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in in northeast England. It's a commuter town for Newcastle six miles south, with a population of 29,000 in 2021. You might break a journey up the A1 to Scotland here: the town's main sight is its offbeat open-air sculptures.

Suburb
Photo: Mankind 2k, CC BY 3.0.
is an area of , in , England, situated north of the city centre. It constituted a separate urban district of from 1895 until 1974 before officially merging with the city of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Village
Photo: Thomas Harrison Hair, Public domain.
, also occasionally misspelled as Wide Open, is a village in the metropolitan borough of , England, around 5 miles north of .

Matts Bank and Blackroad Plantations

Latitude
55.039° or 55° 2′ 20″ north
Longitude
-1.6122° or 1° 36′ 44″ west
Open location code
9C7W29QQ+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 809060578
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­forest
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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