Eighton Banks
Eighton Banks is a small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, which is located around 4.5 miles (7 km) from Newcastle upon Tyne.
Eighton Banks is a small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, which is located around 4.5 miles (7 km) from Newcastle upon Tyne. The village is bordered by Birtley, Harlow Green and Wrekenton, and is located near to Antony Gormley's Angel of the North sculpture at Low Eighton.
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Worth seeing in and around Eighton Banks
6 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.
- 01Angel of the North
The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is seen by an estimated 33 million people every year due to its proximity to the A1 and A167 roads and the East Coast Main Line.
1.5 km · sculpture by Antony Gormley · Wikipedia - 02Washington Old Hall
Washington Old Hall is a historic manor house in Washington, Tyne and Wear, England. It lies in the centre of Washington, being surrounded by other villages.
3.5 km · manor house associated with the family of George Washington · Wikipedia - 03St John's Church, Gateshead Fell
St John's Church, Gateshead Fell, is in Church Road, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Gateshead, the archdeaconry of Sunderland, and the diocese of Durham.
2.8 km · grade II listed church in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Underhill
Underhill is a large and imposing detached house, located at 99 Kells Lane in the Low Fell district of Gateshead, England. Built primarily from sandstone in Victorian architectural style, it was the home of Sir Joseph Wilson Swan from 1869–83, and is the first domestic property in the world to be illuminated by electric light bulb.
3 km · house in Gateshead, England, UK; first house in the world to be lit by electric light · Wikipedia - 05Galleries Shopping Centre, Washington
M The Galleries is a shopping centre located in Washington, City of Sunderland.
2.8 km · shopping mall in Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia - 06Saltwell Towers
Saltwell Park is a Victorian park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Opened in 1876, the park was designed by Edward Kemp and incorporates the mansion and associated grounds of the Saltwellgate estate owner, William Wailes, who sold his estate to Gateshead Council for £35,000.
3.8 km · house in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Eighton Banks
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 16 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 117 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 162 km
- Stations
- Heworth, 3.9 km · Low Fell railway station, 3.4 km · Washington Galleries bus station, 2.8 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Eighton Banks125 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £14–19
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Eighton Banks160 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · £20–27
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Eighton Banks166 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Eighton Banks
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 Eighton Banks. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Glasgow or Stranraer (for ferries from Ireland) head for Carlisle then follow A69 east - this road climbs no great hills and is rarely closed by winter weather.
- Get inAn overnight DFDS ferry sails from IJmuiden near Amsterdam to North Shields on the north bank of the Tyne.
- Get aroundThe Tyne ferry plies between North and South Shields, taking foot passengers and bicycles.
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Next door to Eighton Banks
Eighton Banks is 7 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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