Currock Hill
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Currock Hill is a hill on the border between Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, England. Although the summit itself lies entirely within Northumberland, the eastern top (at 259 m, or 850 ft) is the highest point in both Tyne and Wear and the metropolitan borough of Gateshead.[1][2]
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Currock Hill | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 259 m (850 ft) |
Listing | County Top |
Coordinates | 54°55′39″N 1°50′03″W |
Geography | |
Currock Hill in Tyne and Wear | |
Location | Chopwell and Hedley on the Hill, England |
OS grid | NZ 10717 59214 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 88 |
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The name ‘currock’ comes from the Celtic word for a cairn or a stack of stones, a development of the word for a rock, carroc, and is still widely used in the North East.[3]