Visit Rowlands Gill Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Rowlands Gill

  

Rowlands Gill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Rowlands Gill

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Rowlands Gill history

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Rowlands Gill became an economically viable coal mining village in 1867. It later became a semi-rural dormitory suburb of commercial and industrial Tyneside.

Rowlands Gill geography / climate

Rowlands Gill is situated within Gateshead’s Greenbelt, 6.2 miles southwest of Newcastle. The village lies on the A694, known as ‘Station Road’ in the village centre. It is further away from any Tyne and Wear Metro stations.

You can visit Rowlands Gill places with Walkfo Rowlands Gill to hear history at Rowlands Gill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Rowlands Gill has 24 places to visit in our interactive Rowlands Gill map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Rowlands Gill, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Rowlands Gill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Rowlands Gill & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Rowlands Gill places in an interactive Rowlands Gill map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Rowlands Gill Places Map
24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Rowlands Gill historic spots	Rowlands Gill tourist destinations	Rowlands Gill plaques	Rowlands Gill geographic features
Walkfo Rowlands Gill tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Rowlands Gill

  

Best Rowlands Gill places to visit

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Rowlands Gill has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Rowlands Gill’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Rowlands Gill’s information audio spots:

St Paul’s Church, Winlaton St Paul’s Church is a 19th-century church in Winlaton, Tyne and Wear, England, dedicated to St Paul.

Whinfield coke works Whinfield coke works was a large industrial complex located near Rowlands Gill in Tyne and Wear, North East England. The complex comprised a coking plant, alloy factory and power station. Waste heat from the plant provided heat for a power station later converted to generate electricity by burning coke.

Marley Hill Marley Hill is a former colliery village near the border between Tyne and Wear and County Durham. It has been part of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead since 1974. It lies within the Whickham South & Sunniside electoral ward of the Blaydon parliamentary constituency.

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