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Thornley Wood

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Thornley Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear, covering 0.16 km². The county has 36 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. The nearest railway station is Blaydon, about 2.7 km to the north. Other SSSIs nearby include Lower Derwent Meadows, Ryton Willows and Hallow Hill.

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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.

2.3 km S

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.

3.9 km NE · Northumberland, Cumbria & Tyne and Wear

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.

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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.

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Photo of Derwentcote Steel Furnace, a landmark near Wylam, Tyne and Wear, north east England.

Derwentcote Steel Furnace

Landmark near Wylam

Britain's oldest and most intact cementation furnace, built around 1730 in the Derwent valley to turn iron bars into steel for tools.

6.2 km SW

Photo of Heddon-on-the-Wall, Hadrian's Wall, a frontier wall near Wylam, Northumberland, north east England.

Heddon-on-the-Wall, Hadrian's Wall

Frontier wall near Wylam

The best-preserved excavated length of the original Broad Wall, about 3 metres thick at Heddon, with a medieval corn-drying kiln built into it.

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