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Dinnington
Dinnington in England North East, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Dinnington is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Dinnington is a village and civil parish in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. It is about 9 miles (14 km) north of the city centre, and about 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of Newcastle International Airport. According to the 2011 Census, Dinnington Parish has 737 households and a population of 1,636; of whom 358 are 65 or over (almost 22%).
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Background
History
The village has been inhabited since before the Iron Age (700 BC). Mining has taken place from at least 1715, with the first deep mine being the Augusta Pit at Dinnington Colliery which was sunk in 1867. 1919 saw the formation of Dinnington Parish Council. In 1974 boundary changes led to the village, previously within Northumberland, being incorporated into the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. Formerly a coal-mining village with at least four pits within two miles (3 km), Dinnington expanded during the last 40 years of the twentieth century to become a commuter or dormitory village with suburban residential estates and is set for further residential development. Two areas of Green Belt land…
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- Coordinates
- 55.0540, -1.6754
- District
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Parish
- Dinnington
- Postcode
- NE13 7JR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
Sources
- wikidata: Q5278448 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dinnington, Tyne and Wear (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dinnington?
- Dinnington is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0540°, -1.6754°.