Branxton Tower
Branxton Tower is a tower in Branxton, Northumberland, England. Branxton Tower is situated nearby to the hamlet Bareless, as well as near the village Crookham.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 Crookham, 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.
Barelees Pond
Barelees Pond is the name given to a Site of Special Scientific Interest in north Northumberland, England. The site is a kettle hole, a deep pond formed in the void remaining after a submerged glacial calf block melted. Barelees Pond is situated 1½ miles northwest of Branxton Tower.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Branxton and Bareless.
Branxton
Village
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Branxton is a village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England. It lies about 3 miles from the England-Scotland border and about 4 miles from the Scottish border town of Coldstream, just off the A697 Newcastle-Edinburgh road.
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.
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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