Forests & woodlands · North East England
Killingworth
In or near Benton.
Killingworth in England North East, United Kingdom.
Andrew Tryon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Palmersville · 1.3 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Killingworth, the nearest railway station is Palmersville, located 1.3 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is NE12 6BP, and entry to the forest is free.
About
Killingworth 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.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2018
Imagery © Mapillary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Killingworth is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, within the historic county of Northumberland. Killingworth was built as a new town in the 1960s, next to Killingworth Village, which existed for centuries before the new town was built. Other nearby villages include Forest Hall, West Moor and Backworth. Killingworth is linked to the rest of Tyne and Wear by bus routes. The town is not on the Tyne and Wear Metro network; its nearest Metro stations are Palmersville and Benton. The town of Killingworth in Australia is named after the British original because of its extensive coal mines.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
Killingworth originally consisted of local authority houses. The first houses at Angus Close, owned by the local authority, were built to house key workers for the British Gas Research Centre. The rest of Killingworth's estates were cul-de-sacs named "Garths" – all numbered, although Garths 1–3 never existed. The numbering was: 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, etc. In the 1990s the Garths located in West Bailey changed their names to street names with estates adopting patterns such as trees (Laburnum Court, Willow Gardens), birds (Dove Close, Chaffinch Way), Farne Islands (Crumstone Court, Longstone, Megstone), etc. The houses in most of the Garths in West Bailey (the west of Killingworth) were…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.0318, -1.5557
- District
- North Tyneside
- Parish
- North Tyneside, unparished area
- Postcode
- NE12 6BP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Nearest railway station
- Palmersville — 1.3 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q2575452 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Killingworth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Other places nearby
Killingworth Colliery Shaft
Memorials & monuments · 0.2 km
World war 2 anti aircraft factory
Historic houses · 0.5 km
Killingworth
Villages · 0.7 km
Killingworth bus station
Natural landmarks · 0.8 km
Killingworth Village
Forests & woodlands · 0.8 km
George Stephenson Blucher Locomotive Sculpture
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Camperdown
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Dial Cottage
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Dial Cottage (George Stevensons Listed Home)
Memorials & monuments · 1.1 km
Palmersville
Forests & woodlands · 1.3 km
Benton Square railway station
Mines & mining heritage · 1.3 km
Forest Hall railway station
Forests & woodlands · 1.3 km
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Killingworth?
- Killingworth is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE12 6BP), in the parish of North Tyneside, unparished area.
- What is Killingworth?
- Killingworth in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Killingworth?
- The nearest railway station is Palmersville, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE12 6BP.
- Is Killingworth a protected site?
- Yes — Killingworth is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Killingworth free to visit?
- Yes, Killingworth is free to enter.
- How do I get to Killingworth?
- The nearest railway station is Palmersville, about 1.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE12 6BP.