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Felling

Felling is the process of cutting down trees, an element of the task of logging.

Felling
Felling · Julian Herzog
The place

Felling is the process of cutting down trees, an element of the task of logging. The person cutting the trees is a lumberjack. A feller buncher is a machine capable of felling a single large tree or grouping and felling several small ones simultaneously.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Felling

10 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.

  1. 01
    Newcastle University

    The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, which trades as Newcastle University, is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia.

    3.9 km · university in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Northumbria University

    The University of Northumbria at Newcastle, which operates as Northumbria University, is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a university since 1992, but has its origins in the Rutherford College, founded in 1877.

    3.5 km · university in Newcastle upon Tyne, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Newcastle Cathedral

    Newcastle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, is a Church of England cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Newcastle and is the mother church of the Diocese of Newcastle.

    3.2 km · Grade I listed cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Newcastle upon Tyne Castle

    The Castle, Newcastle, or Newcastle Castle is a medieval fortification in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, built on the site of the fortress that gave the City of Newcastle its name. The most prominent remaining structures on the site are the Castle Keep, and the Black Gate, its fortified gatehouse.

    3 km · 11th-century castle in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Mary's Cathedral

    The Cathedral Church of St Mary is a Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and seat of the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle.

    3.6 km · Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Utilita Arena

    The Newcastle Arena is an indoor arena in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Owned and operated by ASM Global, the naming rights are currently held by Utilita Energy.

    3.5 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Newcastle · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

    Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Baltic, stylised as BALTIC) is a centre for contemporary art located on the south bank of the River Tyne in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. It hosts a frequently changing variety of exhibitions, events, and educational programmes with no permanent exhibition.

    2.5 km · Art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Diocese of Newcastle

    The Diocese of Newcastle is a Church of England diocese based in Newcastle upon Tyne, covering the historic county of Northumberland, as well as the area of Alston Moor in Cumbria. The diocese came into being on 23 May 1882, and was one of four created by the Bishoprics Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict.

    3.2 km · Church of England diocese · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Gateshead International Stadium

    Gateshead International Stadium is a multi-purpose, all-seater venue in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Originally known as the Gateshead Youth Stadium, the venue was built in 1955 and has since been extensively redeveloped on three occasions.

    1 km · arena in Felling, Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Discovery Museum

    The Discovery Museum is a science museum and local history museum situated in Blandford Square in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It displays many exhibits of local history, including the ship, Turbinia.

    3.9 km · Science museum in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Felling

Airports
Newcastle (NCL), 12 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 121 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 159 km
Stations
Newcastle railway station, 3.4 km · Heworth, 1 km · Manors railway station, 3.1 km · Central Station metro station, 3.4 km · Haymarket Metro station, 3.8 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Felling
    129 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · £15–20
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Felling
    157 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £19–26
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Felling
    169 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · £21–28
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Felling

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 Felling. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Tyne and Wear, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    236 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    262 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    291 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    364 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    372 km

If you know how people move in Felling – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Felling

Felling is 4 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Newcastle upon Tynecity in Tyne and Wear, England, UK3.8 km
  • Gatesheadtown in Tyne and Wear, England1.9 km
  • Walkersuburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK3.1 km
  • Bykerarea and electoral ward in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom2.5 km
  • Jesmondresidential suburb in Newcastle upon Tyne, England3.9 km
  • Pons AeliusRoman settlement in northern England3.5 km