Throckley
Throckley is a village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Newcastle city centre.
Throckley is a village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of Newcastle city centre. Hadrian's Wall passed through the village, its course traced by the village's main road, Hexham Road. Throckley lies within the historic county of Northumberland.
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Worth seeing in and around Throckley
3 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.
- 01Church of Holy Cross, Ryton
Holy Cross Church is a Church of England parish church in Ryton, Tyne and Wear. The church is a Grade I listed building.
2.1 km · Grade I listed church in Ryton, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Newburn Bridge
Newburn Bridge is a road bridge crossing the River Tyne at Newburn in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It links Newburn, Walbottle and Throckley on the north side of the river with Ryton, Stella and Blaydon on the south side.
1.9 km · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 03George Stephenson's Birthplace
George Stephenson's Birthplace is the 18th-century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson. Located along the north bank of the River Tyne in the village of Wylam, Northumberland, the cottage is owned by the National Trust and until recently it was open to the public as a historic house museum.
3.7 km · historic house museum in Wylam, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Throckley
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 6 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 126 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 147 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Throckley134 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £16–21
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Throckley146 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £16–21
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Throckley171 km · quickest by road, 3h 36m · £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 Throckley
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 Throckley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe Shields Ferry crosses the mouth of the Tyne between South Shields and North Shields every 30 mins, a seven-minute ride.
- Get aroundFoot passengers and bikes only; both ferry piers are served by the Metro.
- Get aroundThe Tees Transporter Bridge is a weird contraption: it's a gondola slung beneath a slender metal bridge that carries vehicles and others across the river between Middlesbrough (south bank) and Port Clarence, Stockton (north bank).
From Wikivoyage: North East England, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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If you know how people move in Throckley – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Throckley
Throckley is 9 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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