Allenheads
Allenheads is a former mining village in the Pennines to the north of Weardale in Northumberland, England. Lead extraction was the settlement's industry until the mine closed in the late 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Allenheads, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Allenheads Inn and Dudley Place, And Privy Row Adjacent.
Dudley Place, And Privy Row Adjacent
Terrace house
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dudley Place, And Privy Row Adjacent is a terrace house.
Beaumont Mine, Fawside Level Portal In Wall On East Side Of Site
Adit
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Beaumont Mine, Fawside Level Portal In Wall On East Side Of Site is an adit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lanehead and Cowshill.
Lanehead
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lanehead is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It lies at the head of Weardale, approximately 2 km west of Cowshill. It is also located near to Killhope, and the boundary of the county of Cumbria. Lanehead is situated 2½ miles southwest of Allenheads.
Cowshill
Hamlet
Photo: Jcolemanwearhead, Public domain.
Cowshill is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated at the top of Weardale, between Lanehead and Wearhead. Cowshill is situated 3 miles south of Allenheads.
Wearhead
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wearhead is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated at the top of Weardale between Cowshill and Ireshopeburn. Wearhead is situated 3½ miles south of Allenheads.
Allenheads
- Category: locality
- Location: Allendale, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.80252° or 54° 48′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.21991° or 2° 13′ 12″ westElevation
1,358 feet (414 metres)Open location code
9C6VRQ3J+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 55478233OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Allenheads” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Allenheads”
- Dutch: “Allenheads”
- French: “Allenheads”
- Irish: “Allenheads”
- Polish: “Allenheads”
- Welsh: “Allenheads”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Armstrong Hydraulic Engine and Allenheads Heritage Centre.
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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 “Allenheads”. Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.