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Seatonburn Waggonway
Former waggonway and later railway serving Seaton Burn colliery. The line connected with the Fawdon waggonway at Wideopen, taking coals from several collieries to the Tyne. This section of the route is now a bridleway.
Image: © David Robinson
Taken: 20 Jan 2022
0.09 miles
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Wideopen
Wideopen, seen from the air.
Image: © Peter McDermott
Taken: 13 Nov 2008
0.14 miles
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Wideopen Garden Centre
Image: © Peter Robinson
Taken: 25 Mar 2012
0.15 miles
4
Seatonburn Waggonway
Now a path, part of the National Cycle Network, this was a mineral railway serving the colliery at Seaton Burn.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 1 Oct 2015
0.18 miles
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Post Box, Great North Road, Wideopen
This wall mounted post box lies on the route of the old Great North Road and is beginning to show its age.
Image: © Geoff Holland
Taken: 10 Nov 2020
0.20 miles
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Traffic lights at the centre of Wideopen
Stalks Road comes in from the left to join North Road (formerly the A1, the Great North Road, now the B1318) in the centre of Wideopen. The Co-op, the largest shop in the village lies just beyond the traffic lights.
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 23 Feb 2012
0.21 miles
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The Travellers Rest, Wide Open
A well known landmark pub on the road north from Newcastle. This was once the A1, The Great North Road, before the building of the motorway a short distance to the west.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 28 Nov 2011
0.21 miles
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Travellers Rest Public House, Wideopen
When the first Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area was published in 1864 there was a Travellers Rest (PH) located on this site although this building appears to be from a much later date. Standing alongside the old Great North Road, this site will have served passing travellers for many many years.
Image: © Geoff Holland
Taken: 10 Nov 2020
0.21 miles
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Seatonburn Waggonway
Now a cycle path, the railway was shown as open on the 1976 1:50,000 map and disused on the 1981 edition.
Image: © Richard Webb
Taken: 1 Oct 2015
0.22 miles
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Boarded farmhouse at East Wideopen
East Wideopen is a farm lying just to the east of Wideopen. The house is boarded and the buildings fenced around for security but the property is apparently in good order (June 2015) and not abandoned.
Image: © Trevor Littlewood
Taken: 30 Jun 2015
0.23 miles