Kershope Castle
Kershope Castle is a castle in Kielder, Northumberland, England. Kershope Castle is situated nearby to the locality Deadwater, as well as near the hamlet Saughtree.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Castle
- Description: tower house in Kielder, Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kirshope Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kielder Observatory and United Reformed Church.
Kielder Observatory
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. The site is on Black Fell, overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border. Kielder Observatory is situated 1½ miles south of Kershope Castle.
United Reformed Church
Church
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
United Reformed Church is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Kershope Castle.
Deadwater railway station
Building
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deadwater railway station is a closed railway station situated on the border between England and Scotland at the head of the North Tyne River. The station served the settlement of Deadwater which consisted of just six houses. Deadwater railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Kershope Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deadwater and Saughtree.
Deadwater
Locality
Photo: The Boy that time forgot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deadwater is a small settlement in Northumberland, England, about 3 miles north west of Kielder, Northumberland, on the English side of the border between Scotland and England.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 3½ miles west of Kershope Castle.
Plashetts
Locality
Plashetts is a small settlement in Northumberland, in England south east of Kielder, Northumberland. It is about 22 miles north west of Hexham. Part of the settlement is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water. Plashetts is situated 4 miles southeast of Kershope Castle.
Kershope Castle
- Categories: tower house, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kielder, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.25578° or 55° 15′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.60694° or 2° 36′ 25″ westElevation
889 feet (271 metres)Open location code
9C7V794V+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 319585267OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kershope Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kershope Castle”
- Swedish: “Kershope Castle”
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