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Coordinates: 54°54′36″N 1°26′10″W / 54.910°N 1.436°W / 54.910; -1.436

Claxheugh
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Claxheugh Rock
Claxheugh is located in Tyne and Wear
Claxheugh

Red pog.svg Claxheugh shown within Tyne and Wear
OS grid reference NZ362574
List of places: UK • England • Tyne and Wear

Claxheugh (pronounced /ˈklætʃʌf/ clatch-uhf) is an area of South Hylton, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. The area is primarily known for the large, limestone and sandstone cliff formed in the late Permian period, known as Claxheugh Rock, which forms part of the Ford Formation.

Places in Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Borough
of Gateshead
Gateshead
Bensham  · Birtley  · Blaydon  · Chopwell  · Dunston  · Felling  · Kibblesworth  · Lamesley  · Low Fell  · Pelaw  · Rowlands Gill  · Ryton  · Team Valley  · Whickham
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne  · Gosforth
Arthurs Hill  · Battlefield  · Benwell  · Black Callerton  · Blakelaw  · Blucher  · Brunswick  · Byker  · Chapel House  · City Centre  · Cochrane Park  · Cowgate  · Coxlodge  · Dene  · Denton  · Denton Burn  · Dinnington  · Elswick  · Fairways  · Fawdon  · Fenham  · Haymarket  · Hazlerigg  · Heaton  · High Heaton  · Jesmond  · Kenton  · Kingston Park  · Lemington  · Manors  · Newburn  · Ouseburn  · Parklands  · Sandyford  · Scotswood  · Shieldfield  · Slatyford  · South Gosforth  · Spital Tongues  · Throckley  · Walbottle  · Walker  · Walkergate  · Walkerville  · West Denton  · West Jesmond  · Westerhope  · Westgate  · Wingrove  · Woolsington
North Tyneside
South Tyneside
Jarrow  · South Shields  · Hebburn
The Boldons  · Cleadon  · Harton  · Marsden  · Monkton  · Whitburn
City of Sunderland
Sunderland  · Washington  · Houghton-le-Spring  · Hetton-le-Hole
Ashbrooke  · Barnes  · Bishopwearmouth  · Burdon  · Carley Hill  · Castletown  · Claxheugh  · Cox Green  · Downhill  · Doxford Park  · Easington Lane  · East Rainton  · Elstob Farm  · Farringdon  · Fatfield  · Fence Houses  · Ford Estate  · Fulwell  · Gilley Law  · Grangetown  · Grindon  · Hastings Hill  · Hendon  · Herrington  · High Moorsley  · Hill View  · Hollycarrside  · Humbledon  · Hylton Castle  · Leechmere  · Marley Pots  · Millfield  · Monkwearmouth  · Newbottle  · North Haven  · North Hylton  · Pallion  · Pennywell  · Penshaw  · Plains Farm  · Redhouse  · Roker  · Ryhope  · Seaburn  · Seaburn Dene  · Shiney Row  · Silksworth  · South Bents  · South Hylton  · Southwick  · Springwell  · Springwell Village  · Sunniside  · Town End Farm  · Thorney Close  · Tunstall  · Warden Law  · Witherwack
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear
City of Sunderland
Claxheugh Rock and Ford Limestone Quarry • Dawson's Plantation Quarry • Durham Coast • Fulwell and Carley Hill Quarries • Gilley Law Quarry • Hastings Hill • Herrington Hill • Hetton Bogs • High Haining Hill • High Moorsley • Humbledon Hill Quarry • Hylton Castle Cutting • Joe's Pond • Moorsley Banks • South Hylton Pasture • Tunstall Hills and Ryhope Cutting • Wear River Bank
Gateshead
Gibside • Lower Derwent Meadows • Pockerley Farm Pond • Ridley Gill • Ryton Willows • Shibdon Pond • Strother Hills • Thornley Wood
Newcastle upon Tyne
Big Waters • Brenkley Meadows • Gosforth Park • Hallow Hill • Prestwick Carr
North Tyneside
Northumberland Shore • Tynemouth to Seaton Sluice
South Tyneside
Boldon Pastures • Cleadon Hill • Harton Down Hill • West Farm Meadow, Boldon







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