Morpeth Castle
Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England. It has been restored by the Landmark Trust and is now available as a holiday rental home.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: C G Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Haw Hill and Morpeth railway station.
Haw Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Morpeth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Morpeth is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 16 miles 50 chains north of Newcastle, serves the historic market town of Morpeth, Northumberland, England. Morpeth railway station is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Morpeth Castle.
Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum
Museum
Photo: Tzdelski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum is located in Morpeth Chantry, Morpeth, Northumberland, England. The museum, founded in 1987, contains a large collection of historic bagpipes, especially, but not exclusively, historic Northumbrian smallpipes and Border pipes, mainly based on the collection of William Alfred Cocks. Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum is situated 1,200 feet north of Morpeth Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tranwell and Clifton.
Tranwell
Village
Photo: george hurrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tranwell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mitford, in the county of Northumberland, England, about 1 mile south west of Morpeth.
Clifton
Village
Clifton is a hamlet in Northumberland, in England. The population is between 20 and 30. It is situated a short distance to the south of Morpeth, on the A1. Clifton is situated 2 miles south of Morpeth Castle.
Pegswood
Village
Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pegswood is a historic mining village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, and the site of the former Pegswood Colliery. Pegswood is two miles east of Morpeth and three miles west of Ashington, with a population of around 3,280. Pegswood is situated 2 miles northeast of Morpeth Castle.
Morpeth Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: Grade I listed castle in Morpeth, United Kingdom
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Morpeth, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.1636° or 55° 9′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.68747° or 1° 41′ 15″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
9C7W5877+C2OpenStreetMap ID
way 127030005OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
6287038Wikidata ID
Q6913330
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Morpeth Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Morpeth Castle”
- Danish: “Morpeth Castle”
- French: “château de Morpeth”
- French: “Château de Morpeth”
- German: “Morpeth Castle”
- Italian: “Castello di Morpeth”
- Italian: “Morpeth Castle”
- Russian: “Морпетский замок”
- Swedish: “Morpeth Castle”
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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 “Morpeth Castle”. Photo: C G Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.