DDiscover AloneMapAbout

Ernie Brooks blue plaque

Blue plaque

A plaque record does not grant entry to a building or private land. View it from a public place unless permission is clearly given.

What do you know about this place?Tap to add a comment or ask a question

What you write will be public.

What is recorded here

This blue commemorative plaque records: Ernie Brooks gyroplane pioneer lived, designed and built his Brooklands Mosquito gyroplane here. Died tragically on March 9th 1969 aged 40 Recorded plaque organisation: Trevor Brooks.

From the Open Plaques record 52390

Places near here

Photo credits
  • David Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Philip Barker, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Les Hull, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Trevor Littlewood, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • JThomas, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Park, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Graham Scarborough, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Alex McGregor, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tudhoe Methodist ChurchListed building · 75 ydTudhoe House and Laburnum Cottage and Walls AttachedListed building · 795 ydNorth FarmListed building · 986 ydCroxdale CemeteryCemetery · 1070 ydChurch of St AndrewListed building · 1632 ydHett CemeteryCemetery · 1.1 miSunderland Bridge, near CroxdaleScheduled monument · 1.3 miSpring WoodForest · 1.4 miCroxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross baseScheduled monument · 1.5 miDark Gill WoodWood · 1.5 miFallow Deer Statue, Whitworth Hall HotelMonument or public art · 1.9 miLion Statue, Whitworth Hall Country ParkMonument or public art · 1.9 mi

More places in County Durham

Add to this placeAdd a picture Add a detailed tip Add a story

Explore the map1,095,414 places to discover

Next place · or swipeTudhoe Methodist Church