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TP7365 - Newcastle University
 
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Condition :
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Flush Bracket :
12327
Current use :
Historic use :
Unknown
T:UK waypoint :
TP7365
County :
Tyne & Wear
Nearest town :
NEWCASTLE U.TYNE


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There are 71 photos for this trigpoint (view album).

This trigpoint:
Is ranked joint 6962nd with 65 other trigs (more).
Has a mean score of 5.37/10 (from 86 logged visits)
Was First logged: 21st Sep 1997
Was Last logged: 22nd Jan 2024

Of the 86 logged visits,
21 recorded a location and of these....

All were within 105m
The average error was 28m
4 were exact

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Logged Visits:

Good condition 22nd Jan 2024  13:17  by NJM

Gridref: NZ 24624 65035   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

My third visit, an appointment at the RVI gave a chance to photo the Active Station almost directly above this wee pillar, and take a GPS reading of it...which proved to be oddly and wildly inaccurate! ~~ 27/07/21 Somehow managed to struggle to find it from where I ended up having to park, and wandered around half of the University and the RVI before getting my bearings. THEN had a nightmare trying to remember where I'd parked the bloody car. Got myself in such a fettle I forgot to bag the Active Station round the corner, or the Civic Centre Vane which we walked past on at least a couple of occasions...

View South 27/07/21 Storm's OS Pillar #229


Good condition 16th Jan 2024  11:53  by S1534&Beyond

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

A day trip to this city on a train and a retrospective log. As others mention this is an odd one. The spider is wrong and seems a tribute rather than genuine? But have logged for fun and had a great day out. Not on OS digital maps. The course in the photo looks interesting!

Fake or Real? ©S1534&Beyond


Good condition 9th Dec 2023  12:10  by Foinavon

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Unusual one really. It would be my first in Tyne and Wear. But does it count if its a pretender! I'm logging it anway.


Good condition 14th Nov 2023  14:30  by Richofsebast

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Yes, I agree. A strange one this. Easy to find and I enjoyed the walk through the city from the railway station.

The Trigpoint ©Richofsebast


Good condition 7th Jul 2023  10:00  by PWinnie

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Strange one this one but I like that it is a little different. Straightforward to find at the University.

©PWinnie


Good condition 2nd Jul 2023  17:20  by The Trudges

FB Number: N/A  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked at side of hospital in roadside parking area and made short walk to replica trig point. No flush bracket and a small spider with no centre cap

Flush Bracket ©The Trudges
Spider©The Trudges
Trig
View from spider towards University ©The Trudges


Couldn't find it 6th Apr 2023  19:00  by Laggan Boy

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

As previously mentioned appears to be a replacement to original trig.

Newcastle University


Good condition 17th Dec 2022  15:42  by Murchman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

unusual due to location but views not spectacular


Destroyed 12th Dec 2022  10:34  by Mark-UKUS

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Destroyed  Score: 4/10

I really don't know what to make of this one. The "Pillar" standing by the door is a replica but it seems that the original location was more or less the same. There was a suggestion that it was originally on the roof. That would make sense as the views from the ground would have been non existent as the surrounding buildings are long established, but would that have been a concrete pillar? Whatever the history is, I've marked it as "Destroyed".

©Mark-UKUS


Good condition 5th Dec 2022  07:54  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Staying at the YHA for a few days. Remembered reading about this on the website and printed off a map. Easy to find. My first addition to my list of pillars visited since Sept 2019.


Good condition 1st Aug 2022  20:45  by Reynard

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Walked past this so many times, never knew it was there, tucked away in the flowerbed

Newcastle University


Good condition 29th May 2022  06:48  by MileswithRiles

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Very easy trig, though it has been moved to its current location, lovely to have one in my home city! Trig two for Riley.


Good condition 27th Feb 2022  13:00  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NZ 24600 65000   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Easy find and parked at Hospital for free


Good condition 20th Dec 2021  00:00  by Axe Edge

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

A great one to add to the pillar collection, and a "cuckoo in the nest" comes to mind. Over thought it's location and it is actually adjacent to a side entrance door on the Bedson building. Gifted to all the waymarking on the HWP, it would be possible, but not recommended, to do the trail without a map.


Not Logged 18th Dec 2021  09:00  by dharris

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 6/10


Not Logged 18th Dec 2021  09:00  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 6/10


Good condition 21st Nov 2021  13:42  by Roguestorm

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10


Good condition 2nd Oct 2021  12:45  by theposhbloke

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10


Good condition 11th Sep 2021  10:50  by SianC

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Walked by on a recce for Great North Run


Good condition 4th Sep 2021  14:55  by Cazhook

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

I find this one quite interesting as it’s a bit of a pretender, but was actually put there to mark the entrance of the department of surveying at the university, which has since moved. Nice quick one.


Good condition 1st Jun 2021  09:58  by jonglew

Gridref: NZ 24628 65043   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Located at an entrance to the Bedson Building, formerly the surveying dept. Not an OSGB36 trig, slimmer than the norm and maybe slightly shorter; non-standard spider with no centrecap; FB donated by the OS. Public access along Armstrong Lane.

Pillar TP7365©jonglew
Spider TP7365©jonglew
Flush Bracket TP7365©jonglew


Good condition 9th May 2021  15:16  by JemD

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

No central disc so I wondered if it was genuine at first, flush bracket present though and obviously it exists on here. Hidden around the side of the building but I liked this hidden find in an unexpected place

Full view


Good condition 30th Nov 2020  15:55  by Bill Milbourne

Gridref: NZ 24621 65028   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 14th Jun 2020  08:18  by peregrinus

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Revisit for Passive station which is or was on roof of this Bedson building. Typical slimline special projects trig pillar with non standard spider

Slimline pillar with non standard spider


Good condition 13th Dec 2019  14:00  by ger

Gridref: NZ 24620 65033   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Train to Newcastle Central - a little shopping - visited trig pillar then a little wander, including a visit to the main castle.


Good condition 17th Nov 2019  15:03  by Moira293

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Down in the Toon for the Liam Gallagher concert and decided to track this trig down as a welcome diversion from the shops. Not much of an outlook from this one but extra points for novelty value :-)

Moi posing at the trig :-)


Good condition 19th Oct 2019  11:02  by catman

Gridref: NZ 24619 65054   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 14th Sep 2019  11:35  by Analoguesat

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Unusual location but easy enough to find. Plants around it slightly overgrown


Good condition 1st Jul 2019  09:56  by descarte1

Gridref: NZ 24623 65044   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Non-standard pillar beside the entrance of one of the University of Newcastle buildings. Good condition. Skinny proportions. FB faces east-ish, no sightholes at all. Spider is smaller without a centre hole.


Slightly damaged 19th Jun 2019  20:28  by Nick&Rosie

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

At 8:30 at night you can drive right up to this one, although not knowing the precise location we parked outside the RVI and had a 2 minute walk to find it, very easily. Should really score more than 5 for its uniqueness I suppose, but there isn't really a lot to see here!

View North
View East I think the NW corner has a bit chipped off it? I'll amend my 'Condition' assessment if any one thinks it always looked like that?
View South
View West


Good condition 13th May 2019  15:05  by rupertal

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Slightly damaged 23rd Apr 2019  13:15  by g6lkb

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

m6lkb at trig ©g6lkb


Not Logged 7th Mar 2019  20:58  by Geordie

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10


Good condition 19th Jan 2019  00:00  by carolje

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 25th Oct 2018  14:53  by Tonyht

Gridref: NZ 24623 64978   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Easy to locate and access and in a nice location, but it’s a good job it never had to have line of sight with another trig. Still I liked it.


Good condition 8th Sep 2018  13:16  by painterman61

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Slimline trig with dodgy spider great location

trig ©painterman61


Good condition 8th Sep 2018  13:02  by Earby Rambler

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Visited with P61,off for a look around & visit The Five Swans Wetherspoons next.

Approach
Trig
The Five Swans
The Five Swans Plaque


Good condition 26th Jul 2018  13:16  by tigger4242

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©tigger4242
©tigger4242


Good condition 14th Jul 2018  13:16  by Bergen

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©Bergen


Good condition 7th Jul 2018  12:15  by dugswell2

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Heading home from a week walking the St Oswald's Way.


Not Logged 17th May 2018  17:55  by mjwjones

Gridref: NZ 24627 65040   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

trig


Good condition 3rd May 2018  11:00  by Moacky

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Loitering in a near by car park I nipped round here, hoping no one would check my ticketless car whilst I was away. All ok, (pillar and car). Ten minute round trip. Multitudes of students who took no attention of me, or the pillar.

©Moacky


Good condition 9th Mar 2018  11:45  by Wubbleyew

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

I think this is my second 'pretend pillar', the first being Rob's Pillar at Chandlers Ford. Thinner than the real thing without a proper spider and cap, but great fun. Fine walk around the University grounds.


Good condition 24th Sep 2017  12:00  by Pritch227

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

interesting little pillar,Not quite as good as a proper one!!

©Pritch227


Good condition 24th Sep 2017  12:00  by Laura Rennie

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 24th Sep 2017  12:00  by WuzzerL

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10


Not Logged 26th Aug 2017  14:12  by andynez

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

©andynez


Not Logged 26th Jul 2017  17:40  by Thomas David Whitaker

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 7/10

How strange to see a pillar subdued like some sort of caged wild animal. Instead of standing proudly alone on some remote top, this inner city version is hemmed in by the University Buildings. Nice diversion from the shops.


Good condition 10th May 2017  10:30  by jlc

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

decided to log it at last


Good condition 30th Mar 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NZ 24521 65048   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 31st Dec 2016  15:19  by vegibagger

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

wtf!...12327...what a strange emaciated creature is this?!

trig ©vegibagger
fb ©vegibagger
top ©vegibagger


Good condition 3rd Dec 2016  10:26  by Whats the Point

Gridref: NZ 24596 65059   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Day trip from York. Android app in radar mode. Pillar reminiscent of Mansfield Collage. TP7316


St James Park A trigpoint and a football stadium on the same photo (well just about) St James Park on extreme right.


Good condition 15th Oct 2016  14:38  by Walker Dan

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Must have walked past this one hundreds of times but stopped by to log it today.


Good condition 3rd Aug 2016  10:33  by blackboot29

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 8th May 2016  10:45  by offpiste

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Opposite RVI entrance. Armstrong lane entrance to Barbara Strang teaching centre. Better than having a garden gnome.




Not Logged 5th Jan 2016  12:19  by oodboo

Gridref: NZ 24644 65082   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

the "trig" ©oodboo
©oodboo


Good condition 22nd Oct 2015  00:00  by dogwalking

Gridref: NZ 24622 65017   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

wonderful day out in newcastle and a pillar to find then onto st james football ground then nice walk by the river good for photography then nice pint of beer then train home pillar easy to find in university grounds opposite infirmary main entrance


Good condition 2nd May 2015  17:10  by ted

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

In good condition; authentic FB but the spider is non-standard and lacks a centre hole. Nice garden feature!

Newcastle University pillar
Newcastle University top
Newcastle University FB


Good condition 25th Mar 2015  00:00  by Dumfriesmike

Gridref: NZ 24606 65052   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10


Good condition 30th Jan 2015  13:24  by trigging on an island

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Fun little curiosity item this one.


Good condition 25th Oct 2014  10:30  by pittyplatsch

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10


Good condition 8th Oct 2014  15:58  by GIRTy

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Decided to bag this one after a visit to the RVI.

Standing Proud - compilation. ©GIRTy


Good condition 17th Jun 2014  12:56  by Particle

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Easier to spot from the north.


Good condition 24th Apr 2014  14:28  by broadoak2006

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Great to find an urban trig

©broadoak2006


Good condition 8th Sep 2013  12:03  by pickle

Gridref: NZ 24621 65015   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10


Good condition 18th Jul 2013  19:07  by Griefmiester

Gridref: NZ 24624 65056   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Interesting story behind this one - easy to find - Pillar good condition.

Pillar & FB
GPS Data


Good condition 17th Jul 2013  16:31  by ZanderH

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 17th Jul 2013  16:31  by BeccaKate

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 17th Jul 2013  16:30  by agentmancuso

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Getting hidden by vegetation now.


Good condition 23rd Nov 2012  15:10  by monkey_scout

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Thought I would take a quick look at this one whilst walking through town.

Trig Point at the Bedson Teaching Centre


Good condition 12th Sep 2012  14:28  by Martin Robertson

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

As I'm the person who installed the Pillar outside the University Building, of the then Department of Surveying, I can cast some light on it's history. The pillar was cast by the Mining Department ( no longer exists ) lay at the back of the Drummond Building. The flush bracket was donated by the OS and I made a hole in the pillar with a windy pick and used some fast drying cement to fix the flush bracket. This was put in the flower bed and planted with heathers to mark the entrance to the surveying department. We have since moved and we are now Geomatics at Newcastle based in the Cassie Building, as part of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.


Good condition 28th Jul 2012  12:30  by stan toon

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Not the usual type pillar as this one is slimmer and has no centre hole, just has the spider...


Good condition 27th Jun 2012  13:00  by Sprog

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

I was at the University to deliver a conference paper in the Bedson Teaching Centre when I unexpectedly came across this trig.


Good condition 5th Jun 2012  15:30  by Rick Trig

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Trig is surrounded by well kept little garden at the enterance to the Bedson Teaching Centre @ Newcastle University, opposite the new entrance to the RVI. Nice to see it being looked after :)

Surounding area
Nice little display

Location


Good condition 5th Apr 2012  10:43  by slateloose

Gridref: NZ 24600 65000   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Poor View


Good condition 24th Mar 2012  11:15  by Border Peat

Gridref: NZ 24621 65015   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Easy to to find after looking at previous triggers photos

12327©Border Peat


Not Logged 30th Jul 2011  18:35  by bargee

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

last day at work at the rvi building the new office blocks so nipped over to see this trig


Good condition 24th Jul 2009  14:45  by sheepsocks

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

no longer surrounded by scaffolding, easy to find, directly opposite the new entrance to the RVI hospital.


Good condition 22nd Mar 2009  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

12327
12327
12327


Good condition 19th Mar 2009  09:06  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Behind a temporary fence due to building works.


Good condition 12th Sep 2008  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Slender non-standard design, less tapered than usual, spider with no centre hole, vgc. S end of service road E side of road, N face Besdon Building, by main door. Roadside. Awkward to find from S. Easiest access from N, off A167 / A167(M): signposted University & RVI


Good condition 6th Jul 2008  16:00  by jameswameek

Gridref: NZ 24640 65021   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 2/10

Easy find, right near a road (C designation). Couldn't see the other one though!!!


Good condition 11th Jun 2006  10:00  by MAC.HAWK

Gridref: NZ 24621 65015   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

It's currently a psuedo trig I suppose but no less worthwhile given it's history - see RoPeHe's log which tells you everything you need to know and where to find it's current location (nice log mate). I'm giving this a score of seven. Mainly for two reasons, firstly for simply surviving and secondly in reward for whoever made the decision to 'save' a redundant pillar, good on ya mate!! I'd have liked it a bit more prominant personally, perhaps on the west side of the building adjacent the main road but I'm nit-picking. The railings get in the way of a better photo but the yellow poppies were in flower today and looked nice around the 'trig'.

Newcastle University Bedsen Teaching Centre
Newcastle University Bedsen Teaching Centre


Good condition 11th Jun 2006  10:00  by SUE-C

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10


Good condition 14th Aug 2005  13:05  by RoPeHe

Gridref: NZ 24621 65015   FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pillar slimmer than standard; small spider without centre hole; FB 12327 (which will throw a few spanners into the works!); good condition. In a tiny garden plot adjacent to the N face of the Bedson Building (location of the erstwhile Department of Geomatics). Presumably erected by or for said department. Would be useless for triangulation! Adjacent to the (signed) C137 road for any C-road hunters, by the way. I saw this described as "redundant trig pillar" in some Department of Geomatics document some years ago, but I cannot now find the reference. If I can relocate said document, it might give a more accurate location. NOT the same thing as active station NEWC (A1NZ2465) which already exists on the T:UK database as TP7287, which is presumably on the wall or roof more or less directly above the pillar, though I could not see it. Postscript: I have since had confirmation from the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University that this pillar was installed in its present location, largely as a decorative feature, in around 1991, using a redundant pillar that had at one time been on the roof of one of the buildings, with the addition of a genuine Flush Bracket obtained through a contact with the OS!

Newcastle University pillar view from C137 road ©RoPeHe
Newcastle University pillar in small garden adjacent to Bedson Building ©RoPeHe
Flush Bracket 12327 (Newcastle University) ©RoPeHe
Unusual small Spider (Newcastle University) note lack of central hole ©RoPeHe
C137 road sign looking north, leading to A167 ©RoPeHe
C137 road sign looking south, leading to A189 ©RoPeHe


Good condition 21st Sep 1997  10:00  by TrigJS

FB Number: 12327  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

I passed this pillar regularly for three years (1997-2000) going to and from lectures in the Bedson Building. The log from Martin Robertson on 12 September 2012 provides details on the history of the pillar and flush bracket,



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