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View looking west along a disused wagonway which runs eastwards from Wideopen.
©C G Burke
Looking south under an old railway bridge which now carries a public footpath.
©C G Burke
Much of the land round East Wideopen is peppered with modern field drainage like this.
©C G Burke
Farm buildings at East Wideopen
©C G Burke
A public park with kids' play area in Wideopen.
©C G Burke
A large, food-oriented pub in a busy residential area.
©C G Burke
Looking east along an old wagonway which has been reclaimed for use as a public footpath.
©C G Burke
Dist:0.3km<br/>Mineral line once known as the Fawdon old Wagon way which was used to transport Coal from the Havannah drift colliery on the outskirts of the villages of Brunswick and Dinnington next to Havannah farm the colliery opened in 1950 and it Was connected to the Seaton burn wagon way using part of the original line west of Seaton burn however in the 1970s some land above the workings was chosen to expand Newcastle airport continued mimimg could have caused subsidence of the new runway So the colliery closed in 1977 the wagon way date back to the 17th Century and were built to transport coal from the collierles down to the north Bank of the tyne
©peter maddison
Dist:0.3km<br/>Terraced houses along what was once the A1. There are football pitches on the opposite side of the road.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.4km<br/>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.
©Oliver Dixon
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©peter robinson
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©Anthony Foster
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©peter maddison
Dist:0.6km<br/>School House, built in the 18th or 19th century by Thomas Eustace Smith. Location: Sandy Lane, Wideopen, North Tyneside.
©peter maddison

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