Branxton Tower
Branxton Tower is a tower in Branxton, Northumberland, England. Branxton Tower is situated nearby to the village Crookham, as well as near the hamlet Howtel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Etal Castle and Pallinsburn House.
Etal Castle
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Etal Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Etal, Northumberland, England. It was built around 1341 by Robert Manners, and comprised a residential tower, a gatehouse and a corner tower, protected by a curtain wall. Etal Castle is situated 2½ miles northeast of Branxton Tower.
Pallinsburn House
Residential building
Photo: John Whelan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pallinsburn House is an 18th-century country house situated at Ford, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building. The house was built about 1763, in a Jacobean style originally with a three-storey frontage, for John Askew, a younger son of Dr Adam Askew of Storrs Hall. Pallinsburn House is situated 1 mile north of Branxton Tower.
The Blue Bell
Pub
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Blue Bell is a pub, which is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Branxton Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crookham and Howtel.
Crookham
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crookham is a village on the River Till in Northumberland, in England. It is situated approximately 8 km to the east of Coldstream and 14 km northwest of Wooler.
Howtel
Hamlet
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Howtel is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilham, in Northumberland, England about 8 miles northwest of Wooler. The name Howtel is thought to mean Low Ground with a Holt or Wood. In 1951 the parish had a population of 75. Howtel is situated 2 miles south of Branxton Tower.
Etal
Village
Etal is a small village in the far north of the county of Northumberland, England, in the civil parish of Ford. It lies on a bridging point of the River Till ten miles south west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and includes the substantial ruins of the medieval Etal Castle, now owned by English Heritage. Etal is situated 2½ miles northeast of Branxton Tower.
Branxton Tower
- Type: Tower
- Location: Branxton, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.63095° or 55° 37′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.17151° or 2° 10′ 17″ westElevation
210 feet (64 metres)Open location code
9C7VJRJH+99GeoNames ID
6288368
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