Visitor attractions and information for
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MetroCentre,
Newcastle upon Tyne is Europe's largest shopping and leisure
centre. With almost 330 shops including major department stores
such as Debenhams, House of Fraser and Marks & Spencer, MetroCentre
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Beamish - The North of England Open Air Museum,
Co. Durham Tel: 01207 231811. Visit the town, colliery village,
farm, railway station, Pockerley Manor and 1825 railway; life
in the 1800's and 1900's. Open air museum where you can go underground
in a drift mine, also features pit cottages, Victorian schoolroom,
Victorian dentist, sweet shop. A trip into the past. www.beamish.org.uk.
About 6 miles west of
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Gateshead
Angel of the North, Durham Road, Low Eighton, Gateshead Tel:
0191 477 3478 The Angel of the North is Britain's largest and
most impressive sculpture. It stands near the A1 in Gateshead.
Designed by Antony Gormley, it weighs 200 tons, is 20- metres
high and has a 54-metre wing span. About 2 miles west of Washington. |
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Washington Wetland Centre is set in
100 acres of stunning wetland and woodland on the River Wear
and is one of the North East's biggest conservation success stories.
Its wild reserve is home to a nesting colony of nearly 50 Grey
Herons, while Hawthorn Wood Hide offers spectacular views of
woodland birds including Great-Spotted Woodpecker and Bullfinch.
See hundreds of rare and endangered ducks, geese and swans, plus
a colourful breeding colony of Chilean Flamingos. www.wwt.org.uk.
About 4 miles east of
Washington. |
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