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Horsley

Horsley

Horsley is a small village and civil parish in , . The village lies on the top of a south-facing hill above the River Tyne, around 11 miles from and 12 miles from .
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  • Type: Hamlet with 406 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish near Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Horsley, Northumberland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Lion And Lamb and Prudhoe Castle.

Pub
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a pub.

Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the at , , England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. is situated 1½ miles south of Horsley.

Archaeological site
was a Roman fort with the modern name, and in the hamlet of, Rudchester, . It was the fourth fort on , and situated about 11 kilometres to the west of Condercum fort and 7.5 miles east of Halton Chesters fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harlow Hill and Prudhoe.

Hamlet
Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in the civil parish of Stamfordham, in , England. lies on the line of , and is the site of Milecastle 16. is situated 2 miles northwest of Horsley.

Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in in northeast England. With a population of 10,300 in 2021, it's the largest of a string of villages along the lower Tyne valley.

Village
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is a village situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in , England. Once an independent village in it became incorporated into the new metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear in 1974 as part of the . is situated 2½ miles east of Horsley.

Horsley

Latitude
54.98759° or 54° 59′ 15″ north
Longitude
-1.85351° or 1° 51′ 13″ west
Population
406
Elevation
305 feet (93 metres)
Open location code
9C6WX4QW+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29270480
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
2646553
Wiki­data ID
Q1617687
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Horsley” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Horsley (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Horsley”
  • Chinese: “Horsley”
  • Dutch: “Horsley”
  • French: “Horsley”
  • Irish: “Horsley”
  • Italian: “Horsley”
  • Ladin: “Horsley”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Horsley (Northumberland)”
  • Persian: “هورسلی، نورث‌آمبرلند”
  • Polish: “Horsley”
  • Swedish: “Horsley”
  • Turkish: “Horsley, Northumberland”
  • Welsh: “Horsley, Northumberland”
  • Welsh: “Horsley”
  • “Horsley”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Horsley Village Church and Stoney Hill.

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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 “Horsley”. Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.