High Moorsley

High Moorsley
High Moorsley
	High Moorsley Triangulation pillar on a misty arable hill
	High Moorsley Location within Tyne and Wear
Civil parish	Hetton;
Metropolitan borough	Sunderland;
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East
	List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54°48.3′N 1°28.5′W / 54.8050°N 1.4750°W

High Moorsley is a small village 1 mile (1.6 km) south-west of Hetton-le-Hole, in the civil parish of Hetton, in the Sunderland district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England.

It is the site of the first weather radar system in the north-east of England, officially opened in July 2009.^[1]

High Moorsley Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its Permian magnesian limestone formation.^[2]^[3]

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v t e 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

v t e Places in Tyne and Wear
Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead	Gateshead Bensham Bill Quay Birtley Blaydon Byermoor Carr Hill Chopwell Chowdene Clara Vale Crawcrook Deckham Dunston Eighton Banks Felling Greenside Heworth High Spen Kibblesworth Lamesley Leam Lane Estate Lobley Hill Low Fell Marley Hill Pelaw Rowlands Gill Ryton Saltwell Sheriff Hill Stella Sunniside Swalwell Team Valley Wardley Whickham Whitehills Estate Windy Nook Winlaton Wrekenton
City of Newcastle upon Tyne	Gosforth Newcastle upon Tyne Arthurs Hill Battlefield Benwell Black Callerton Blakelaw Blucher Brenkley Brunswick Byker Chapel House City Centre Cochrane Park Cowgate Coxlodge Dene Denton Denton Burn Dinnington East Denton Elswick Fairways Fawdon Fenham Great Park Haymarket Hazlerigg Heaton High Heaton Jesmond Kenton Kingston Park Lemington Manors Newburn North Kenton Ouseburn Parklands Sandyford Scotswood Shieldfield Slatyford South Gosforth Spital Tongues Throckley Walbottle Walker Walkergate Walkerville West Denton West Jesmond Westerhope Westgate Wingrove Woolsington
Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside	North Shields Wallsend Whitley Bay Backworth Beaumont Park Benton Burradon Cullercoats Earsdon Forest Hall Howdon Killingworth Longbenton Monkseaton Murton New York Northumberland Park Preston Seaton Burn Shiremoor St Mary's Island Tynemouth Wellfield Whitley Lodge Wideopen Willington Quay
Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside	Hebburn Jarrow South Shields The Boldons Brockley Whins Cleadon Harton Marsden Monkton Tyne Dock West Harton Westoe Whitburn
City of Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole Houghton-le-Spring Sunderland Washington Ashbrooke Barnes Bishopwearmouth Burdon Carley Hill Castletown Chilton Moor Claxheugh Cox Green Downhill Doxford Park Easington Lane East Rainton Elstob Farm Farringdon Fatfield Fence Houses Ford Estate Fulwell Gilley Law Grangetown Grindon Harraton Hastings Hill Hendon Herrington High Moorsley Hill View Hollycarrside Humbledon Hylton Castle Leechmere Marley Pots Middle Rainton Millfield Monkwearmouth Newbottle North Haven North Hylton Pallion Pennywell Penshaw Philadelphia Plains Farm Rickleton Redhouse Roker Ryhope Seaburn Seaburn Dene Shiney Row Silksworth South Bents South Hylton Southwick Springwell Springwell Village Sunderland City Centre Sunderland Docks Sunniside Town End Farm Thorney Close Tunstall Warden Law Witherwack

High Moorsley
High Moorsley Triangulation pillar on a misty arable hill
High Moorsley Location within Tyne and Wear
Civil parish	Hetton
Metropolitan borough	Sunderland
Metropolitan county	Tyne and Wear
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Police	Northumbria
Fire	Tyne and Wear
Ambulance	North East

List of places UK England Tyne and Wear 54°48.3′N 1°28.5′W / 54.8050°N 1.4750°W / 54.8050; -1.4750

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