Sheriff Hill
Sheriff Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England.
Sheriff Hill is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. It lies on the B1296 road 2 miles (3 km) south of Gateshead, 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of the historic city of Durham. According to the 2001 UK census it had a population of 5,051.
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Worth seeing in and around Sheriff Hill
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.
- 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.
2.8 km · sculpture by Antony Gormley · Wikipedia - 02Newcastle 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.
3.8 km · Grade I listed cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03Newcastle 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.
3.7 km · 11th-century castle in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St 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.
4 km · Catholic cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia - 05Utilita 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.
3.7 km · multi-purpose indoor arena in Newcastle · Wikipedia - 06Baltic 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.
3.4 km · Art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. · Wikipedia - 07Diocese 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.
3.8 km · Church of England diocese · Wikipedia - 08Gateshead 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.
2.5 km · arena in Felling, Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia - 09Ravensworth Castle
Ravensworth Castle is a ruinous Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument situated at Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England. The building has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times, and was the seat of the Ravensworth barons, the Liddells.
3.6 km · castle in Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10St John the Baptist Church, Newcastle upon Tyne
St John's Church is a 13th-century church on the corner of Grainger Street and Westgate Road in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, dedicated to St John the Baptist. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.9 km · Grade I listed church in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Sheriff Hill
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 13 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 119 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 159 km
- Stations
- Newcastle railway station, 3.8 km · Heworth, 2.4 km · Manors railway station, 4 km · Central Station metro station, 3.9 km · Dunston railway station, 3.7 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Sheriff Hill127 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £14–19
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Sheriff Hill158 km · quickest by road, 3h 24m · £19–26
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Sheriff Hill167 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · £20–27
- 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 Sheriff Hill
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 Sheriff Hill. 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 Sheriff Hill
Sheriff Hill is 4 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gatesheadtown in Tyne and Wear, England1.5 km
- Lamesleyvillage and civil parish in Tyne and Wear, England, UK2.9 km
- Fellingurban area in the metropolitan borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England1.9 km
- Dunstonarea of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead3.7 km
- Springwell Villagevillage in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK3 km
- Low Fellsuburb of Gateshead, Tyneside, England, UK1.3 km