Preston Tower

Preston Tower is a fourteenth-century pele tower in Preston, Northumberland, England built in 1392. The tower is now a private museum.

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Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
Type: Tower
Description: tower in Preston, Northumberland, England, UK
Also known as: “Preston Tower (old)” and “Preston Tower, Northumberland”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Maurice and Chathill railway station.

Church of St Maurice

Church

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Church of St Maurice is situated 2,800 feet west of Preston Tower.

Chathill railway station

Railway station

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Chathill is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 46 miles 1 chain north of Newcastle, serves the hamlet of Chathill, and surrounding coastal villages of Beadnell and Seahouses in Northumberland, England. Chathill railway station is situated 1 mile north of Preston Tower.

Ellingham Hall

Building

Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ellingham Hall, Northumberland is an English country house in the county of Northumberland, in the civil parish of Ellingham. The hall was built in the 17th century by Sir John Haggerston on the site of an earlier building. Ellingham Hall is situated 3,800 feet west of Preston Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brunton and Brownieside.

Brunton

Hamlet

Brunton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton-by-the-Sea, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is about 7 miles north of Alnwick, a short distance inland from the North Sea. In 1951 the parish had a population of 35.

Brownieside

Hamlet

Brownieside is a hamlet in Northumberland, in England. It is situated between Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed, on the A1 a short distance to the north of North Charlton. Road works are underway to the A1 that connects Brownside to a junction. Brownieside is situated 1½ miles southwest of Preston Tower.

West Fleetham

Hamlet

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

West Fleetham is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Beadnell, in Northumberland, England situated about 4 miles from Seahouses and 2 miles from Chathill railway station. West Fleetham is situated 2 miles north of Preston Tower.

Preston Tower

Categories: garden and building
Location: Ellingham, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.5223° or 55° 31′ 20″ north

Longitude

-1.71054° or 1° 42′ 38″ west

Elevation

194 feet (59 metres)

Open location code

9C7WG7CQ+WQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 145137326

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

GeoNames ID

6288504

Wikidata ID

Q7242003

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