Killingworth - Izeria

Killingworth is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, within the historic county of Northumberland. Killingworth was built as a new town in the 1960s, next to Killingworth Village, which existed for centuries before the new town was built. Other nearby villages include Forest Hall, West Moor and Backworth. Killingworth is linked to the rest of Tyne and Wear by bus routes. The town is not on the Tyne and Wear Metro network; its nearest Metro stations are Palmersville and Benton. The town of Killingworth in Australia is named after the British original because of its extensive coal mines.

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George Stephenson High School

George Stephenson High School is a coeducational secondary school located in Killingworth, North Tyneside, England.

School

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Killingworth Village

Killingworth Village is a small village in the borough of North Tyneside in the United Kingdom. It lies between Forest Hall to the south and the modern Killingworth, which derives its name from the village, to the north. The West Lane runs through the village from Forest Hall and on to Backworth. For local government, it is located within Killingworth ward.

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Palmersville Metro station

Palmersville is a Tyne and Wear Metro station, serving the village of Holystone and suburb of Forest Hall, North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. The station was opened in 1986 on the alignment of the former Blyth and Tyne Railway. A Network Rail freight line shares the alignment at this point. This line is part of the Northumberland Line passenger service, but there are no plans for this service to stop at Palmersville.

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Benton Square railway station

Benton Square was a short-lived railway station on the North Eastern Railway's former Blyth and Tyne Railway, adjacent to the Great Lime Road overbridge in the borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. The station was opened on 1 July 1909 by the North Eastern Railway, in order to serve the Benton Square Colliery and the adjoining miner's cottages. The only facility it had was a booking shed on Great Lime Road. It closed on 20 September 1915 as a wartime economy measure. There are no visible remains of the station, but the line on which the station was built is still in use as part of the Tyne and Wear Metro. Palmersville Metro station lies just on the opposite (western) side of the Great Lime Road bridge.