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Angel of the North
Striking 20-metre steel sculpture with a 54-metre wingspan standing on a hilltop in Gateshead, England.
10 km · about 20 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Jarrow is worth a stop: 5 minutes from South Shields, 41km from Warkworth Castle.
Jarrow is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 29,470, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Jarrow sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Jarrow to your route.
Jarrow ( or ) is a town in South Tyneside in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. Historically in County Durham, it is on the south bank of the River Tyne, about three miles (five kilometres) from the east coast. It is home to the southern portal of the Tyne Tunnel and six miles (ten kilometres) North of Sunderland.Read more
At the 2021 census the Jarrow built up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics had a population of 29,470.
In the eighth century, St Paul's Monastery in Jarrow (now Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey) was the home of the Venerable Bede, who is regarded as the greatest Anglo-Saxon scholar and the father of English history. The town is part of the historic County Palatine of Durham. From the middle of the 19th century until 1935, Jarrow was a centre for shipbuilding, and was the starting point of the Jarrow March against unemployment in 1936.
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Jarrow is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 54.9804 latitude, -1.4842 longitude.
Jarrow has a population of approximately 29,470 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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landmark
Striking 20-metre steel sculpture with a 54-metre wingspan standing on a hilltop in Gateshead, England.
10 km · about 20 min drive
cathedral
UNESCO-listed Romanesque masterpiece perched above the River Wear, widely regarded as the finest Norman building in England.
24 km · about 25 min drive
film location
The Norman cathedral's cloister garth is where Harry releases Hedwig in the snow, and its chapter house was Professor McGonagall's transfiguration classroom.
24 km · about 25 min drive
beach
Seven miles of near-empty sand backed by dunes and reclaimed opencast lakes now managed as nature reserves.
35 km · about 40 min drive
castle
A striking cross-shaped keep above the River Coquet, the Percy family stronghold that appears in Shakespeare's Henry IV.
41 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
The best-preserved Roman cavalry fort in Britain, on the North Tyne, with a remarkably complete military bath house.
42 km · about 50 min drive
museum
The Victorian home of engineer Lord Armstrong, the first house in the world lit by hydroelectric power, set in a vast rock garden estate.
45 km · about 50 min drive
castle
A medieval castle in Northumberland that doubled as Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films, the second largest inhabited castle in England.
50 km · about 60 min drive
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