Throckley
Sign in to saveThrockley is a village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, approximately west of Newcastle city centre. Hadrian's Wall passed through the village, its course traced by the village's main road, Hexham Road. Throckley lies within the historic county of Northumberland.
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Place details
- Locality
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- Population
- 6200
- Image
- Westway Industrial Park - geograph.org.uk - 103968.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0191
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- Throckley
- OS grid reference
- NZ158668
- P8168
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- Throckley Hall
- Sightseeing and scenery
- Civil parish
- References
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Throckley is a village in the Newcastle upon Tyne district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England, approximately west of Newcastle city centre. Hadrian's Wall passed through the village, its course traced by the village's main road, Hexham Road. Throckley lies within the historic county of Northumberland.
Throckley was a colliery village, being adjacent to Throckley Colliery, but with the decline in the coal-mining industry the village has become more urbanised.
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