Bellister Castle
Bellister Castle is a National Trust owned castellated 19th-century mansion house attached to the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Haltwhistle railway station and Alston Arches Viaduct.
Haltwhistle railway station
Railway station
Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, Public domain.
Haltwhistle is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 22 miles 66 chains east of Carlisle, serves the market town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England. Haltwhistle railway station is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Bellister Castle.
Alston Arches Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alston Arches Viaduct, also known as Haltwhistle Viaduct, is a former railway bridge across the River South Tyne at Haltwhistle in Northumberland, north-east England. Alston Arches Viaduct is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Bellister Castle.
Church of the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Holy Cross is situated 4,200 feet northeast of Bellister Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haltwhistle and Plenmeller.
Haltwhistle
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.
Plenmeller
Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107.
Rowfoot
Hamlet
Rowfoot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Featherstone, in Northumberland, England. It was historically served by Featherstone Park railway station. Rowfoot is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bellister Castle.
Bellister Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castellated 19th-century mansion house in Featherstone, Northumberland, England, UK
- Categories: manor house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Featherstone, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.9604° or 54° 57′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.46903° or 2° 28′ 9″ westElevation
384 feet (117 metres)Open location code
9C6VXG6J+59OpenStreetMap ID
way 219814352OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
6287293Wikidata ID
Q4884057
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bellister Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bellister Castle”
- Danish: “Bellister Castle”
- French: “château de Bellister”
- French: “Château de Bellister”
- German: “Bellister Castle”
- Swedish: “Bellister Castle”
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