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Lamesley
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Lamesley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,742. The village is on the southern outskirts of Gateshead, near to Birtley. The parish includes Kibblesworth, Lamesley village, Eighton Banks and Northside, Birtley which is predominantly private housing in neighbourhoods named The Hollys, Long Bank, Northdene and Crathie. The ruined Ravensworth Castle is also in Lamesley.
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Place details
- Locality
- Gateshead
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,928
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Lamesley
- UK place.static_image_name
- Fly-Angel.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Angel of the North is located in Lamesley civil parish.
- UK place.population
- 3742
- UK place.population_ref
- (United Kingdom Census 2011)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 22.9
- UK place.civil_parish
- Lamesley
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Gateshead
- UK place.region
- North East England
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Tyne and Wear
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Washington and Gateshead South
- UK place.post_town
- GATESHEAD
- UK place.postcode_district
- NE11
- UK place.postcode_area
- NE
- UK place.dial_code
- 0191
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NZ251580
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3742
- Area
- 22.9
- Image
- St. Andrew, Lamesley - geograph.org.uk - 94786.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0191
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- Lamesley
- OS grid reference
- NZ251580
- P8168
- South Orkney Islands
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- Demography
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Lamesley is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 3,742. The village is on the southern outskirts of Gateshead, near to Birtley. The parish includes Kibblesworth, Lamesley village, Eighton Banks and Northside, Birtley which is predominantly private housing in neighbourhoods named The Hollys, Long Bank, Northdene and Crathie. The ruined Ravensworth Castle is also in Lamesley.
A hilltop contemporary sculpture in the parish is the Angel of the North by Antony Gormley on a minor hilltop which is lower than the adjoining Low Fell and High Fell outside the parish.
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