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Lower Derwent Meadows

Open accessin a country park open to the public

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Lower Derwent Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear, covering 0.04 km². The county has 36 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. For arrivals by rail, Blaydon Station is about 2.2 km to the north. Other SSSIs nearby include Thornley Wood, Ryton Willows and Hallow Hill.

More places to visit near Lower Derwent Meadows

Photo along the Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile National Trail running from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway, England.Iconic

Hadrian's Wall Path

National Trail

Coast to coast along the Roman frontier, milecastle by milecastle.

2.8 km N · Northumberland, Cumbria & Tyne and Wear

Photo of Gibside, a Grade I registered house & garden near Wylam, Tyne and Wear, north east England.Highlight

Gibside

House & garden near Wylam

A Georgian landscape estate with a ruined hall and Palladian chapel by James Paine.

3 km SW

Photo of Benwell Vallum Crossing, a frontier wall near Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, north east England.

Benwell Vallum Crossing

Frontier wall near Newcastle upon Tyne

Stone causeway carrying the road to Benwell fort over the Vallum ditch, the only such crossing still visible anywhere along Hadrian's Wall.

4.2 km NE

Photo of Tanfield Railway, a visitor attraction near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Tanfield Railway

Attraction near Chester-le-Street

The world's oldest railway, now a heritage steam line through the Causey valley from Europe's oldest engine shed.

4.5 km SE

Photo of Causey Arch, a landmark near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Causey Arch

Landmark near Chester-le-Street

The world's oldest surviving railway bridge of 1726, a single stone arch high above the wooded Causey Burn.

5.4 km S

Photo of Bessie Surtees House, a house near Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, north east England.

Bessie Surtees House

House near Newcastle upon Tyne

Pair of tall 17th-century merchants' houses on Newcastle's Quayside, from whose window Bessie Surtees eloped with the future Lord Chancellor John Scott in 1772.

6.6 km NE