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Heddon-on-the-Wall
Heddon-on-the-Wall in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Heddon-on-the-Wall is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Heddon-on-the-Wall is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located on Hadrian's Wall. Heddon-on-the-Wall is roughly 9 miles (14 km) west of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, and just outside Throckley. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1563. The place-name 'Heddon' means 'hill where heather grew'.
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Background
History
at Heddon-on-the-Wall west of Newcastle, with the Vallum ditch running parallel in the background, behind the fence. The horses are in the Vallum ditch.]] A Roman milecastle on Hadrian’s Wall ('Milecastle 12') was located at the site of the present-day village, under what is now Town Farm, but no traces of it are currently visible. Prior to the 1960s, Heddon-on-the-Wall was a small village with an economy based strongly on traditional industry including farming and coal mining. Large-scale coal mining close to the village began in the late 1950s with the opening of the Bays Leap, a 300 acre opencast mine site located a short distance north of Heddon-on-the-Wall. The site supported seven…
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- Coordinates
- 54.9930, -1.7910
- Official site
- www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q2355898 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Heddon-on-the-Wall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Heddon-on-the-Wall?
- Heddon-on-the-Wall is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9930°, -1.7910°.