Thockrington
Thockrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bavington, in Northumberland, England. The village lies about 10 miles north of Hexham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 18.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Northumberland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Thockrington, Northumberland” and “Throckington”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Aidan, Throckington and Colt Crag Reservoir.
Colt Crag Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Duncan Grey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Colt Crag Reservoir is a relatively shallow reservoir in Northumberland, England adjacent to the A68 road, and 9 miles north of Corbridge. The A68 road at this point runs along the course of Dere Street, a Roman road. Colt Crag Reservoir is situated 1½ miles west of Thockrington.
Hallington Reservoirs
Reservoir
Photo: Bill Cresswell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hallington Reservoirs are located near the small village of Colwell, Northumberland, England on the B6342 road off the A68 road, and 7 miles north of Corbridge. Hallington Reservoirs is situated 2 miles south of Thockrington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bavington Crags and Colwell.
Bavington Crags
Locality
Bavington Crags is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in north Northumberland, England. The site is an outcropping of the Whin Sill which gives rise to distinctive flora particular to the thin soil conditions on this bedrock. Bavington Crags is situated 1½ miles northeast of Thockrington.
Colwell
Hamlet
Colwell is a hamlet in the civil parish of Chollerton, in Northumberland, England. It is about 12 miles to the north of Hexham. Colwell is situated 2 miles south of Thockrington.
Kirkharle
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkharle is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kirkwhelpington, in the county of Northumberland in Northern England located about 12 miles west of the town of Morpeth, just to the west of the crossroads of the A696 and B6342 roads. Kirkharle is situated 4 miles northeast of Thockrington.
Thockrington
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Bavington, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.10524° or 55° 6′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.06541° or 2° 3′ 56″ westElevation
669 feet (204 metres)Open location code
9C7V4W4M+3ROpenStreetMap ID
node 2591706426OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Thockrington” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Thockrington”
- French: “Thockrington”
- Irish: “Thockrington”
- Polish: “Thockrington”
- Swedish: “Thockrington”
- Welsh: “Thockrington”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thockrington”. Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.