Crookhill | |
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Village | |
  Crookhill Location in Tyne and Wear | |
| Coordinates: 54°58′05″N1°45′18″W / 54.968°N 1.755°W Coordinates: 54°58′05″N1°45′18″W / 54.968°N 1.755°W | |
| OS grid reference | NZ157636 |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| District | Tyne and Wear |
Crookhill is a village in Tyne and Wear, England. The original terraced housing was built mostly as accommodation for NCB workers, and lies to the east of Ryton-on-Tyne, approx 6 miles west of Newcastle.
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