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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.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Hebburn
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Hebburn
Hebburn is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Felling, 40km from Chesters Roman Fort.
Hebburn is in England, United Kingdom, with about 21,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Felling, about 4 km away.
Hebburn is a town in the South Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It was historically in County Durham and became part of Tyne and Wear in 1974. It is on the south bank of the River Tyne between Gateshead and Jarrow and opposite Wallsend and Walker. At the 2021 census the Hebburn built up area as defined byRead more
the Office for National Statistics had a population of 21,345.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Hebburn?
Within an hour or so of Hebburn: Angel of the North (8 km), Durham Cathedral (23 km), Durham Cathedral Cloister (Hogwarts) (23 km), Druridge Bay (35 km).
Are there any good drives near Hebburn?
The nearest famous roads are B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall), A689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale) and Hartside Pass (A686).
Where is Hebburn?
Hebburn is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Felling.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 21,345
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.9730, -1.5155
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 Hebburn
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.
23 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.
23 km · about 25 min drive
beach
Druridge Bay
Seven miles of near-empty sand backed by dunes and reclaimed opencast lakes now managed as nature reserves.
35 km · about 40 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
castle
Warkworth Castle
A striking cross-shaped keep above the River Coquet, the Percy family stronghold that appears in Shakespeare's Henry IV.
42 km · about 50 min drive
museum
Cragside
The Victorian home of engineer Lord Armstrong, the first house in the world lit by hydroelectric power, set in a vast rock garden estate.
44 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
The Alnwick Garden
A contemporary garden beside Alnwick Castle with a Grand Cascade, treehouse restaurant and a locked Poison Garden.
50 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Hebburn
10 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 52 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.
- 55 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.
- 56 kmSteel RiggA car park and viewpoint on the Whin Sill giving the classic switchback view of Hadrian's Wall towards Sycamore Gap.
- 58 kmRoseberry ToppingA distinctive half-cone hill on the edge of the North York Moors, its shape the result of a 1912 landslip caused by mining.
- 68 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.
- 69 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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