Greenhead

Greenhead is a village and civil parish in , England. The village is on the Military Road, about 17 miles from , 3 miles from and 9 miles from Brampton, Cumbria along the A69 road.
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  • Type: Village with 343 residents
  • Description: village in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Greenhead, Northumberland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Cuthbert and Greenhead Church of England Primary School.

Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

School
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
or Magna was a Roman fort near in northern Britain. Its ruins are now known as Carvoran Roman Fort and are located near Carvoran, , in northern .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gilsland and Haltwhistle.

Village
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is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of , and about 18 miles east of , which straddles the border between and . is situated 2 miles northwest of Greenhead.

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
is a market town in , along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the civil parish of , in , England. It was historically served by Featherstone Park railway station. is situated 3 miles southeast of Greenhead.

Greenhead

Latitude
54.98097° or 54° 58′ 52″ north
Longitude
-2.53113° or 2° 31′ 52″ west
Population
343
Elevation
591 feet (180 metres)
Open location code
9C6VXFJ9+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20967405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2647967
Wiki­data ID
Q680824
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Greenhead” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Greenhead”
  • Chinese: “Greenhead”
  • Dutch: “Greenhead”
  • French: “Greenhead”
  • Irish: “Greenhead”
  • Italian: “Greenhead”
  • Ladin: “Greenhead”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Greenhead”
  • Persian: “گرینهد، نورث‌آمبرلند”
  • Polish: “Greenhead”
  • Swedish: “Greenhead”
  • Welsh: “Greenhead, Northumberland”
  • Welsh: “Greenhead”
  • “Greenhead”

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