Windy Nook
Windy Nook is an area in Tyne and Wear, England, bordered by Carr Hill to the west, Whitehills Estate and Leam Lane Estate to the east, Felling to the north and Sheriff Hill to the south.
Windy Nook is an area in Tyne and Wear, England, bordered by Carr Hill to the west, Whitehills Estate and Leam Lane Estate to the east, Felling to the north and Sheriff Hill to the south. It lies on steep, sloping land 2.25 miles (3.62 km) south of Gateshead, 2.75 miles (4.43 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 12 miles (19 km) north of Durham. In 2011, the Windy Nook and Whitehills ward had a population of 9,781. Formerly part of Heworth, it was incorporated into the newly formed Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead on 1 April 1974.
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Worth seeing in and around Windy Nook
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.
2.9 km · sculpture by Antony Gormley · Wikipedia - 02Baltic 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.
3.8 km · Art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. · Wikipedia - 03Gateshead 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.
2.6 km · arena in Felling, Tyne and Wear, England · Wikipedia - 04Shipley Art Gallery
The Shipley Art Gallery is an art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, located at the south end of Prince Consort Road. It has a Designated Collection of national importance.
2.3 km · art gallery in Gateshead, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05St 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.
1.1 km · grade II listed church in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Sunderland Talmudical College
The Sunderland Talmudical College, popularly known as Sunderland Yeshiva, is a yeshiva located in Gateshead, United Kingdom. As of 2025, the student body numbers approximately 100.
2.4 km · College in England · Wikipedia - 07Town Hall, Ancillary Buildings And Former Police Station To Rear
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in West Street, Gateshead, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
3.6 km · town hall in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Gateshead College
Gateshead College is a further education college in the town of Gateshead, England. It offers further education for 16-18 year olds as well as higher education, apprenticeships, part-time adult learning and training for employers.
3.6 km · college in Gateshead, UK · Wikipedia - 09Tyne Bridge Tower
The Tyne Bridge Tower was a tower block that stood at the foot of the Tyne Bridge on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne, near the medieval St Mary's Church and the Sage Centre. It was constructed in the 1960s.
3.8 km · 13-storey tower block in Gateshead, North-East England, UK, from the 1960s to 2011 · Wikipedia - 10Church of St Chad
St Chad's Church or Church of St Chad is an Anglican parish church in Bensham, Gateshead and a Grade II* listed building. It is a landmark visible from the East Coast Mainline and combines Arts and Crafts and late English Gothic revival architecture.
2.9 km · church in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Windy Nook
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 13 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 119 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 160 km
- Stations
- Heworth, 1.8 km · Pelaw, 2.5 km · Gateshead Stadium, 2.4 km · Bensham railway station, 3.5 km · Low Fell railway station, 2.5 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Windy Nook108 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £12–15
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Windy Nook131 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £16–21
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Windy Nook154 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · £17–23
- 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 Windy Nook
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 Windy Nook. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Tyne and Wear, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Next door to Windy Nook
Windy Nook is 5 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Gatesheadtown in Tyne and Wear, England2.3 km
- Lamesleyvillage and civil parish in Tyne and Wear, England, UK3.4 km
- Fellingurban area in the metropolitan borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England1.4 km
- Springwell Villagevillage in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK2.4 km
- Sheriff Hillsuburb of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, UK1 km
- Low Fellsuburb of Gateshead, Tyneside, England, UK2.1 km