Cleadon
Cleadon is a suburban village in South Tyneside in the North East of England.
Prior to the creation of Tyne and Wear in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, the village was part of the historic County Durham. In the 2011 UK Census the population of the South Tyneside ward of Cleadon and East Boldon was 8,427. Nearby population centres include East Boldon, Whitburn, and Jarrow. The village is located approximately 5 miles (8 km) from the city of Sunderland and 5 miles from the town South Shields. It is situated on the south west of Cleadon Hills, an example of a Magnesian Limestone grassland home to a number of regionally and nationally rare species.
Getting around Cleadon the local way
- Get inFor long-distance routes by air, rail, bus or ferry see Newcastle upon Tyne.
- Get inis served by the Shields Ferry across the Tyne from North Shields.
- Get inOn the far side, Shuttle Bus 333 links the pier to North Shields town centre and Metro station and is included in the ferry fare.
- Get inAlthough Port of Tyne is mostly on the south bank, the overnight DFDS ferries from IJmuiden near Amsterdam dock at the north bank terminal in North Shields.
- Get aroundBuilt in 1951, they're 884-ft (270-m) long, and entered by funicular lifts and by the original wooden Waygood-Otis escalators.
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