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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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Wideopen works well as a base: 5 minutes from Dinnington, 33km from Chesters Roman Fort.
Wideopen is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 8,976, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Wideopen 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 Wideopen to your route.
Wideopen, also occasionally misspelled as Wide Open, is a village in the North Tyneside metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England, around 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Newcastle.
Wideopen adjoins the settlements of Seaton Burn, Brunswick Village and Hazlerigg. The village straddles the historic Great North Road,Read more
formerly the A1 trunk road, but is now bypassed by a new alignment of the A1 immediately to the west. The village lies in an area with a strong mining history and had its own colliery. Weetslade Country Park, to the east of the village, is reclaimed from an extensive area of coal mining activity.
In 2012 work commenced on the building of a new housing estate by Bellway homes, called Five Mile Park. It is located to the east of the Great North Road, between Lockey Park and Weetslade Country Park. The name refers to the distance from the centre of Newcastle; similarly, there is a Three Mile Inn to the south, and a Six Mile Bridge to the north.
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Wideopen is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 55.0451 latitude, -1.6225 longitude.
Wideopen has a population of approximately 8,976 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.
15 km · about 30 min drive
beach
Seven miles of near-empty sand backed by dunes and reclaimed opencast lakes now managed as nature reserves.
27 km · about 30 min drive
cathedral
UNESCO-listed Romanesque masterpiece perched above the River Wear, widely regarded as the finest Norman building in England.
30 km · about 35 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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
ancient ruins
The best-preserved Roman cavalry fort in Britain, on the North Tyne, with a remarkably complete military bath house.
33 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.
33 km · about 40 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.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A contemporary garden beside Alnwick Castle with a Grand Cascade, treehouse restaurant and a locked Poison Garden.
41 km · about 45 min drive
10 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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