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Shunting coal waggons at Stella Power station, now demolished.
©Roger Cornfoot
The Stella power stations were commissioned in 1955/56 and were closed in 1990. Seen in this view looking down river from Newburn Bridge.
©Chris Bell
©Les Hull
Looking west along the River Tyne with Newburn Bridge in the distance. I've seen grey seals as well as many wading birds from this point many times.
©Regina Blachford
Dist:0.2km<br/>Heddon on the Wall can be seen up on the far hill. Similar location to [[235277]] with the big lens attached.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.4km<br/>Bakery in Newburn industrial estate.
©T simpson
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©Les Hull
Dist:0.5km<br/>This giant sub-station stands near the site of the former Stella Power Station (now demolished). The road in the foreground is Lemington Road, A6085. Seen from Hadrian's Way, a path from Wylam to Newcastle along the north bank of the Tyne which carries both Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/and Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>Hadrian's Way, a path from Wylam to Newcastle along the north bank of the Tyne, carries both Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/and Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/. The main road alongside is Lemington Road, A6085. On the far side of the road is a giant electricity sub-station.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.6km<br/>View towards Lemington and the electricity substation [[1038628]] and industrial estate south of Lemington Road. The Lemington Glassworks cone [[1369049]] is clearly visible, a memorial to the past industry of this area http://www.nandnsociety.org.uk/City and County/nov08_lemington.htm
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.6km<br/>Percy Pit lies between Newburn and Lemington. Much of the site is grassland, some cut short for recreational use, the remainder left long to encourage wildlife. Hadrians' Way, the walkway/cycleway runs along the southern boundary of Percy Pit just above the road. http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/core.nsf/a/percypit
©Andrew Curtis
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©Alex McGregor
Dist:0.6km<br/>Percy Pit was part of Walbottle Colliery. The track is on the course of a waggonway and complex of later mineral railways that served the collieries, brick works and Newburn Steel Works.
©Andrew Curtis
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©Bill Henderson
Dist:0.6km<br/>Disused railway over Lemington Road A6085.
©peter maddison

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