Acomb
Acomb is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village lies 1.5 miles north of Hexham, its post town. As well as the village itself, the parish covers surrounding rural areas, with the southern boundary of the parish being the River Tyne.Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,110 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Acomb, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sun Inn and Queens Arms Hotel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anick and Hexham.
Anick
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandhoe, in Northumberland, England, situated to the north of Hexham. In 1881 the parish had a population of 153. Anick is situated 1½ miles southeast of Acomb.
Hexham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hexham is a small market town in the Tyne valley of Northumberland, 24 miles west of Newcastle. It's an attractive place with a medieval abbey and jail, and a good base for exploring Hadrian's Wall to the north.
Wall
Village
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wall is a village in Northumberland, England situated to the north of Hexham close by the River North Tyne and Hadrian's Wall. The Battle of Heavenfield was fought nearby. The village has one pub and a garage. Wall is situated 2 miles northwest of Acomb.
Acomb
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Acomb, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.99344° or 54° 59′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.10837° or 2° 6′ 30″ westPopulation
1,110Elevation
207 feet (63 metres)Open location code
9C6VXVVR+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 306241357OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2657700Wikidata ID
Q2536739
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Acomb” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Acomb (Nothumberland)”
- Basque: “Acomb”
- Cebuano: “Acomb”
- Chinese: “Acomb”
- Danish: “Acomb”
- Dutch: “Acomb”
- French: “Acomb”
- German: “Acomb”
- Irish: “Acomb”
- Italian: “Acomb”
- Ladin: “Acomb”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Acomb”
- Persian: “اکمب، نورثآمبرلند”
- Polish: “Acomb”
- South Azerbaijani: “اکمب، نورثآمبرلند”
- Swedish: “Acomb”
- Turkish: “Acomb, Northumberland”
- Urdu: “ایکومب، نارتھمبرلینڈ”
- Welsh: “Acomb, Northumberland”
- Welsh: “Acomb”
- “Acomb”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Acomb Post Office and Acomb First School.
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