Scotswood Railway Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne

Name: Scotswood Railway Bridge
Address: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

#91 among attractions in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Scotswood Railway Bridge is a pipeline bridge and former railway bridge crossing the River Tyne in North East England. It previously carried the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway between Scotswood and Blaydon stations. ()

Opened: 1871 (153 years ago)Length: 698 ftWidth: 25 ftCoordinates: 54°58'6"N, 1°41'37"W

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Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom

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Scotswood Railway Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: MetroCentre Shopping Centre, Scotswood Bridge, Blaydon, Milecastle 7.

1.3 miSE
Amusement, Amusement park
MetroCentre Shopping Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
33 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Gateshead, just a stone's throw from the vibrant city of Newcastle upon Tyne, lies the MetroCentre Shopping Centre – a retail paradise that doubles as an unexpected amusement park oasis. As the largest shopping and leisure complex in the UK...
~940 ftE
Bridge
Scotswood Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne
5 min walk • Scotswood Bridge is one of the main bridges crossing the River Tyne in North East England. It links the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank of the river with the MetroCentre and Blaydon in Gateshead on the south bank.
1.1 miW
Town, Area
Blaydon, Newcastle upon Tyne
27 min walk • Blaydon is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, and historically in County Durham. Blaydon, and neighbouring Winlaton, which Blaydon is now contiguous with, form the postal town of Blaydon-on-Tyne.
1 miNE
Area
Milecastle 7, Hadrian's Wall
27 min walk • Milecastle 7 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. The milecastle itself has not been discovered by archaeologists and its presumed location lies beneath a modern housing development.
1.3 miNE
Area
Condercum, Hadrian's Wall
34 min walk • Condercum was a Roman fort on the site of the modern-day Condercum Estate in Benwell, a suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
~1070 ftNW
Bridge
Blaydon Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne
6 min walk • Blaydon Bridge is one of the main bridges crossing the River Tyne in North East England linking Scotswood in Newcastle upon Tyne and Blaydon in Gateshead.
1 miNE
Park
Benwell Nature Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
27 min walk • Benwell Nature Park is a Local Nature Reserve in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Many natural habitats have been established including a pond and marsh, meadows and hedgerows, woodlands and stone outcrops.
1 miN
Neighbourhood
Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne
27 min walk • Denton Burn is an area located in Central Newcastle, approximately 4 miles to the west of the city centre of Newcastle upon Tyne in England, United Kingdom.
1.1 miE
Neighbourhood
Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne
27 min walk • Benwell is an area in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
1.1 miN
Neighbourhood
East Denton, Newcastle upon Tyne
27 min walk • East Denton is an area in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in the English county of Tyne and Wear. East Denton Hall, dating from 1622, was in the 18th century the seat of the prominent Montagu family.
1 miNW
Neighbourhood
Sugley, Newcastle upon Tyne
27 min walk • Sugley is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne adjacent to Lemington in North East England: its parish church is Holy Saviour, Sugley.