Throckley is a village located in Newcastle upon Tyne,

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, approximately west of Newcastle city centre.

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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. One of Throckley's more notable residents was William Brown, a consulting engineer in the 18th century, and part owner of Throckley Colliery, who was responsible for the construction of many colliery waggonways throughout the North East of England. As a youngster, George Stephenson worked on Dewley farm which lies to the north of the A69. Throckley neighbours the villages of Newburn,

Walbottle Walbottle is a village in Tyne and Wear. It is a western suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne. The village name, recorded in 1176 as "Walbotl", is derived from the Old English ''botl'' (building) on Hadrian's Wall. There are a number of Northumbrian vil ...

, Blucher, and across the border in Northumberland, Heddon-on-the-Wall. The village expanded with a number of new housing estates having been developed since the mid-2000s Westway Industrial Park - geograph

Amenities include a supermarket, car parts shop, a number of hair salons, social clubs and a working men's club, three care homes for the elderly, two churches, a solarium, funeral parlour, an optometrist, medical surgery, a range of newsagents, a chemist, a Masonic hall, and a primary school
Throckley Primary School
. Throckley's economy is also boosted by the presence of an industrial estate, home t
Throckley Brickworks
and Warmseal Windows.

Sightseeing and scenery

Throckley itself, especially the Bank Top area, offers some views over the Tyne Valley, and looking west, to the distant

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. '' The Guardian'' featured Throckley in the top fifty walks guide for 2007. Throckley Dene is a stretch of semi-natural ancient woodland in a steep-sided valley with Dewley Burn running through.

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Bibliography

*Dunham, A. C. & V. E. H. Strasser-King (1981) ''Petrology of the Great Whin Sill in the Throckley Borehole, Northumberland'', Inst. Geol. Sci. Rep. 81–4; 32 pp. *

Sightseeing and scenery

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