The Angel of the North sculpture at Gateshead, Tyne & Wear

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The Angel's silhouette at the head of the Team Valley now rivals that of the famous Tyne Bridge. A panoramic hilltop site was chosen where the sculpture would be clearly seen by more than 90,000 drivers a day on the A1 - more than one person every second - and by passengers on the East Coast main line. The site, a former colliery pithead baths synonymous with Gateshead mining history, was re-claimed as a green landscape during the early 1990s.

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Size: 3467px × 5200px
Location: A1, Gateshead, Newcastle
Photo credit: © NDP / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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