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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
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Chopwell
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Chopwell
Chopwell works well as a base: 10 minutes from Rowlands Gill, 34km from B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall).
Chopwell is in England, United Kingdom, with about 3,100 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Rowlands Gill, about 5 km away.
Chopwell is a village in the Gateshead district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Rowlands Gill and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Hamsterley. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 9,395.
In 1150, Bishop Pudsey granted the Manor of Chopwell to the first Abbot of Newminster. NewminsterRead more
Abbey retained possession of the manor until the dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536.
Traditionally an area of coal mining, Chopwell was nicknamed "Little Moscow" because of the strong support for the Communist Party. Chopwell counts "Marx Terrace" (after Karl Marx) and "Lenin Terrace" (after Vladimir Lenin) among its street names, and during the 1926 General Strike the Union Flag at the council offices was taken down and replaced with the Soviet flag. Another notable street, site of the former Chopwell Junior School, "Fannybush Road", was renamed "Whittonstall Road" by the local authority in the 1990s after its street sign was repeatedly stolen.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Chopwell?
Within an hour or so of Chopwell: Angel of the North (15 km), Durham Cathedral (22 km), Durham Cathedral Cloister (Hogwarts) (22 km), Chesters Roman Fort (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Chopwell?
The nearest famous roads are B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall), A689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale) and Hartside Pass (A686).
Where is Chopwell?
Chopwell is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Rowlands Gill.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,096
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.9180, -1.8201
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Chopwell
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cathedral
Durham Cathedral
UNESCO-listed Romanesque masterpiece perched above the River Wear, widely regarded as the finest Norman building in England.
22 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Durham Cathedral Cloister (Hogwarts)
The Norman cathedral's cloister garth is where Harry releases Hedwig in the snow, and its chapter house was Professor McGonagall's transfiguration classroom.
22 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Chesters Roman Fort
The best-preserved Roman cavalry fort in Britain, on the North Tyne, with a remarkably complete military bath house.
24 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Hadrian's Wall
The 73-mile Roman frontier fortification stretching across northern England, built in 122 AD with forts, milecastles, and turrets marking the edge of the Roman Empire.
34 km · about 40 min drive
famous road
B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall)
General Wade's arrow-straight road along Hadrian's Wall, rolling over the whin sill with Roman forts on either side.
34 km · about 40 min drive
ancient ruins
Housesteads Roman Fort
The most complete Roman fort in Britain, standing on the Whin Sill crags along Hadrian's Wall with barracks, hospital and communal latrines.
34 km · about 40 min drive
famous road
A689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale)
A remote high Pennine road over Killhope with wide moorland views and almost no traffic; England's highest market town at one end.
35 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Chopwell
- 34 kmB6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall)General Wade's arrow-straight road along Hadrian's Wall, rolling over the whin sill with Roman forts on either side.
- 35 kmA689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale)A remote high Pennine road over Killhope with wide moorland views and almost no traffic; England's highest market town at one end.
- 38 kmSteel RiggA car park and viewpoint on the Whin Sill giving the classic switchback view of Hadrian's Wall towards Sycamore Gap.
- 47 kmHartside Pass (A686)Voted one of Britain's best drives - a sweeping climb to 580m out of the Eden Valley with a panorama to the Lake District and the Solway.
- 50 kmHartside PassThe A686's grand sweep over the North Pennines between Penrith and Alston, climbing to 580m through wide hairpins with views across the Eden Valley to the Lake District fells. A celebrated drivers' and bikers' road.
- 50 kmHigh Cup NickA perfect U-shaped glacial valley in the North Pennines rimmed by dolerite columns, reached by a walk from Dufton.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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