Alwinton
Alwinton is a village and former parish in Northumberland, England. Alwinton is named after the nearby River Alwin, and means farm on the River Alwin. Alwinton lies at the head of the Coquet valley, on the edge of both the Otterburn Army Training Estate and the Northumberland National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 91 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Northumberland, UK
- Also known as: “Alwinton, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rose and Thistle Inn and Harbottle Castle.
Harbottle Castle
Castle
Photo: Worldfootage, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harbottle Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated at the west end of the village of Harbottle, Northumberland, England, 9 miles west-north-west of Rothbury overlooking the River Coquet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harbottle and Sharperton.
Harbottle
Hamlet
Photo: Glennsmart, Public domain.
Harbottle is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England about 10 miles south-east of the Scottish border, in the southeastern part of the Cheviot Hills and inside Northumberland National Park.
Sharperton
Hamlet
Sharperton is a small settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harbottle, in Northumberland, England. Sharperton is the site of a deserted medieval village, which was documented as having 14 taxpayers in 1296, and described as having two short rows of dwellings in 1632. Sharperton is situated 3 miles southeast of Alwinton.
Holystone
Hamlet
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holystone is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harbottle, in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of the Northumberland National Park on the north bank of the River Coquet. Holystone is situated 3 miles southeast of Alwinton.
Alwinton
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Alwinton, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.35052° or 55° 21′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.12735° or 2° 7′ 39″ westPopulation
91Elevation
525 feet (160 metres)Open location code
9C7V9V2F+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 259813379OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2657376Wikidata ID
Q1424561
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Alwinton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alwinton”
- Chinese: “Alwinton”
- Dutch: “Alwinton”
- French: “Alwinton”
- Irish: “Alwinton”
- Italian: “Alwinton”
- Ladin: “Alwinton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alwinton”
- Persian: “الوینتون”
- Polish: “Alwinton”
- Swedish: “Alwinton”
- Turkish: “Alwinton”
- Welsh: “Alwinton”
- “Alwinton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alwinton Farmhouse and St Michael and All Angels Church.
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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 “Alwinton”. Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.