Backworth
Backworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) west of Whitley Bay on the north east coast.
Backworth is a village in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, about 3+1⁄2 miles (6 km) west of Whitley Bay on the north east coast. It lies 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Newcastle upon Tyne. Other nearby towns include North Shields to the southeast, Wallsend to the south, and Cramlington to the northwest.
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Worth seeing in and around Backworth
5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Burradon Tower
Burradon Tower is a ruinous tower house at Burradon, North Tyneside, England which is both a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed building. The Manor of Burradon was acquired by John Orde in 1441 when due to the devastation wrought by the Scots and the poor quality of the soil it was valued at only 20 shillings a year.
2.8 km · tower house in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St Bartholomew's Church, Long Benton
St Bartholomew's Church, Long Benton is the Anglican parish church of Longbenton, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. It is built in the Gothic Revival style.
3.6 km · church in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Stephenson Railway Museum
The North Tyneside Steam Railway and Stephenson Steam Railway are visitor attractions in North Shields, North East England. The museum and railway workshops share a building on Middle Engine Lane adjacent to the Silverlink Retail Park.
3.3 km · Railway museum in North Shields, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Silverlink Shopping Park
The Silverlink Shopping Park is a retail park in North Tyneside, England containing more than 20 stores with retail accommodation of 208,000 square feet. It was developed by the Crown Estate, has 927 car parking spaces, and has an annual footfall of 7.2 million.
3.8 km · shopping mall in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear · Wikipedia - 05Rising Sun Country Park
Rising Sun Country Park is a country park in Benton, North Tyneside, England.
3.3 km · country park in North Tyneside, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Backworth
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 10 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 131 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 154 km
- Stations
- Benton, 3.7 km · Palmersville, 1.9 km · Backworth railway station, 1 km · Seaton Delaval railway station, 4 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Backworth139 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £16–21
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Backworth153 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £18–24
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Backworth180 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · £22–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Backworth
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Backworth. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSee North Shields for the Tyne ferry and overnight DFDS ferries from Holland.
- Get inOther useful services include the 306 (slower than the 308/309 but a more scenic route through Tynemouth), the 317 (a local route through North Tyneside which connects with ferries from South Shields), and the 57 (an hourly service from Ashington and Cramlington).
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Next door to Backworth
Backworth is 9 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Shiremoorvillage in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom1.7 km
- Annitsfordvillage in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, UK3.8 km
- Burradonvillage in North Tyneside, UK2.9 km