Visit Wideopen Places

Welcome to Visit Wideopen Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wideopen

  

Wideopen Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wideopen

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Wideopen history

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The village is present on an 1860s Ordnance Survey map as ‘Wide Open’ The village name is nowadays written as one word in widespread use. The alternative form is still occasionally found on maps and elsewhere. This leads to an inconsistency in contemporary addresses.

Wideopen Colliery

The pit shafts for the colliery were sunk and opened by Perkins and Thackrah in 1825. The colliery produced its first coal in May 1827. The coal was transported by the Fawdon Wagonway to Scotswood.

Sacred Heart Church

To the south of the village is the 19th-century Sacred Heart RC Church, a Grade II listed building notable for its stained glass windows. Other churches in Wideopen are St Columba’s, the Anglican parish church, and St John’s URC church.

You can visit Wideopen places with Walkfo Wideopen to hear history at Wideopen’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wideopen has 33 places to visit in our interactive Wideopen 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 Wideopen, 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 Wideopen places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wideopen & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 33 audio facts unique to Wideopen places in an interactive Wideopen map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Wideopen Places Map
33 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Wideopen places to visit

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

Newcastle Racecourse Newcastle Racecourse is a horse racing course located at Gosforth Park in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, owned by Arena Racing Company. It stages both flat and National Hunt racing, with its biggest meeting being the Northumberland Plate held annually in June.

Gosforth Park Gosforth Park is a park north of Gosforth in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It houses Newcastle Racecourse, Virgin Money Unity Arena, a Britannia hotel, two golf courses, a garden centre and a football centre. It is also home to Gosforth Nature Reserve, a private SSSI managed by the Natural History Society of Northumbria.

Gosforth House Gosforth House now known as Brandling House is a Grade II listed building built as a mansion house. It is now serving as a hospitality and conference centre at Gosforth Park Racecourse.

Gosforth Nature Reserve Gosforth Nature Reserve is a wildlife haven in Tyne and Wear. It includes extensive woodland and wetland habitats. Access to the reserve is restricted to NHSN members and those in possession of a valid day pass. Dog walking and other recreational activities are not permitted on site.

Fawdon Wagonway The Fawdon Wagonway was from 1818 to 1826 a 1 mile 3 furlongs (2.2 km) long horse-drawn and partially rope-operated industrial railway. It was the first cable car employing a moving rope that could be picked up or released by a grip on the cars.

Havannah Nature Reserve Havannah Nature Reserve lies to the west of the village of Hazlerigg, north of Newcastle upon Tyne. It was declared a nature reserve in 1998 and is designated a Site of Local Conservation Interest. Owned by Newcastle City Council and managed by Urban Green Newcastle.

Brenkley Brenkley is a hamlet and former civil parish about 6 miles from Newcastle upon Tyne, now in the parish of Dinnington. In 1951 the parish had a population of 28.

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