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Newbottle, Tyne and Wear

Newbottle is a village in the Sunderland district, in Tyne and Wear, England.

Newbottle, Tyne and Wear
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The place

Newbottle is a village in the Sunderland district, in Tyne and Wear, England. The village is situated between Durham 8 miles (13 km) and Sunderland is 5 miles (8.0 km). It was historically a part of County Durham.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Newbottle, Tyne and Wear

7 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
    Penshaw Monument

    The Penshaw Monument is a memorial in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Penshaw Hill in the metropolitan borough of the City of Sunderland, North East England. It is located near the village of Penshaw, between the towns of Washington and Houghton-le-Spring in historic County Durham.

    2.8 km · monument in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Chartershaugh Bridge

    Chartershaugh Bridge is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield as part of the A182 road. The bridge was opened in 1975 and is named after the former settlement of Chartershaugh, which once stood on a site near the bridge.

    3.4 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cox Green footbridge

    Cox Green Footbridge is a footbridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Cox Green and Washington Staithes. The bridge opened in 1958, replacing a former ferry route.

    3.8 km · Bridge in Tyne & Wear · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Herrington Country Park

    ‘’‘Herrington Country Park’’’ is a country park and open public space in Herrington, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Located adjacent to Penshaw Monument, the park was built on the site of a former colliery.

    2.2 km · country park in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St Michael and All Angels Church, Houghton-le-Spring

    St Michael and All Angels' Church is the parish church of Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, England. The church dates from the late 12th century and contains the tomb of Bernard Gilpin.

    1.7 km · Grade I listed church in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Matthew

    St Matthew's Church is a church in Newbottle, Tyne and Wear in the City of Sunderland Metropolitan Borough. It is a Grade II listed building.

    300 m · church building in Newbottle, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Penshaw Bridge

    Penshaw Bridge, also known as Fatfield Bridge, is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield. The bridge was opened on 29 January 1890.

    3.5 km · bridge in Sunderland, England · Wikipedia

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Getting to Newbottle, Tyne and Wear

Airports
Newcastle (NCL), 24 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 111 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 170 km
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Newbottle, Tyne and Wear
    118 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £13–18
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Newbottle, Tyne and Wear
    169 km · quickest by road, 3h 29m · £20–27
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Newbottle, Tyne and Wear
    161 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £19–26
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Newbottle, Tyne and Wear

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 Newbottle, Tyne and Wear. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBus 50 runs hourly from South Shields (for Tyne ferry) to Boldon, Nissan factory, Washington, Chester-le-Street and Durham.

From Wikivoyage: Washington (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    246 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    272 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    301 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

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

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    383 km

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Around it

Next door to Newbottle, Tyne and Wear

Newbottle, Tyne and Wear is 16 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.