King’s Drive

King’s Drive is a deciduous forest in Stannington, Northumberland, England. King’s Drive is situated nearby to the hamlet Shotton, as well as near the locality Fox Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Northumberlandia and Cramlington railway station.

Northumberlandia

Park

Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY 2.0.

Northumberlandia is a huge land art sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington, Northumberland, northern England.

Cramlington railway station

Railway station

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cramlington is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 9 miles 74 chains north of Newcastle, serves the town of Cramlington in Northumberland, England.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cramlington and Bedlington.

Cramlington

Photo: Adam Leadbetter, CC BY 2.0.

Cramlington is a town in Northumberland 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.

Bedlington

Town

Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bedlington is a town in the civil parish of West Bedlington, in Northumberland, England, with a population of 18,470 measured at the 2011 Census. Bedlington is an ancient market town, with a rich history of industry and innovative residents.

Wideopen

Village

Photo: Thomas Harrison Hair, Public domain.

Wideopen, also occasionally misspelled as Wide Open, is a village in the North Tyneside metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England, around 5 miles north of Newcastle.

King’s Drive

Type: Deciduous forest
Category: forest
Location: Stannington, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.0932° or 55° 5′ 36″ north

Longitude

-1.6505° or 1° 39′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C7W38VX+7R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 89853246

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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