Preston Tower
Preston Tower is a fourteenth-century pele tower in Preston, Northumberland, England built in 1392. The tower is now a private museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
Photo: Dave.Dunford, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Maurice is situated 2,800 feet west of Preston Tower.
Chathill railway station
Railway station
Photo: 03vaseyj, Public domain.
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″ northLongitude
-1.71054° or 1° 42′ 38″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9C7WG7CQ+WQOpenStreetMap ID
way 145137326OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerGeoNames ID
6288504Wikidata ID
Q7242003
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