Catton
Catton is a village in Northumberland, England. It is about 7 miles to the southwest of Hexham and is located on the outskirts of Allendale. It is featured as a key location in Stewart Pringle's 2024 play The Bounds, which premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle before transferring to the Royal Court, London.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Northumberland, UK
- Also known as: “Catton, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crown and Museum of Classic Sci-Fi.
Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
Museum
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi is in Allendale, Northumberland in England. The museum opened in 2018 and houses a collection of more than 200 props, costumes and artworks from a number of "classic", mid to late-20th century science fiction franchises.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allendale and Bearsbridge.
Allendale
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allendale, often marked on maps as Allendale Town, is a village and civil parish in south west Northumberland, England. It is located within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Bearsbridge
Hamlet
Bearsbridge is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the west of Hexham, on the A686. Bearsbridge is situated 3 miles west of Catton.
Whitfield
Hamlet
Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Whitfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in the county of Northumberland, England about 10 miles southwest of Hexham. Whitfield is situated 3 miles west of Catton.
Catton
- Category: locality
- Location: Allendale, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.91359° or 54° 54′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.2694° or 2° 16′ 10″ westElevation
741 feet (226 metres)Open location code
9C6VWP7J+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 55093026OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Catton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Catton, Northumberland”
- French: “Catton”
- Irish: “Catton”
- Polish: “Catton (Northumberland)”
- Polish: “Catton”
- Welsh: “Catton, Northumberland”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cattonlane Foot and Jackson’s Cleugh.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include K9 Fun and Fitness and Allendale Caravan Park.
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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 “Catton”. Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.