Morpeth railway station

Morpeth is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 16 miles 50 chains north of Newcastle, serves the historic market town of Morpeth, Northumberland, England.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Northumberland, England, UK
Also known as: “Morpeth Railway Station”, “Morpeth Station”, and “MPT”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Morpeth Castle and Mafeking Park.

Morpeth Castle

Castle

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Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England. It has been restored by the Landmark Trust and is now available as a holiday rental home. Morpeth Castle is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Morpeth railway station.

Mafeking Park

Park

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Mafeking Park is a public park in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, at the bottom of Station Bank. It was unsuccessfully put forward by locals to be listed as the smallest park in the world in the Guinness Book of Records. Mafeking Park is situated 510 feet northwest of Morpeth railway station.

Haw Hill

Scenic viewpoint

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Haw Hill or Ha' Hill is a mound and scheduled monument in Carlisle Park, Morpeth which was the site of a motte-and-bailey castle, being Morpeth's first castle. Haw Hill is situated 1,300 feet northwest of Morpeth railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tranwell and Clifton.

Tranwell

Village

Photo: george hurrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tranwell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Mitford, in the county of Northumberland, England, about 1 mile south west of Morpeth.

Clifton

Village

Clifton is a hamlet in Northumberland, in England. The population is between 20 and 30. It is situated a short distance to the south of Morpeth, on the A1. Clifton is situated 1½ miles south of Morpeth railway station.

Pegswood

Village

Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pegswood is a historic mining village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, and the site of the former Pegswood Colliery. Pegswood is two miles east of Morpeth and three miles west of Ashington, with a population of around 3,280. Pegswood is situated 2 miles northeast of Morpeth railway station.

Morpeth railway station

Categories: station and transportation
Location: Morpeth, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.16236° or 55° 9′ 45″ north

Longitude

-1.68315° or 1° 40′ 59″ west

Elevation

171 feet (52 metres)

Wheelchair access

yes

Operator

Northern Trains

Network

National Rail

Abbreviation

“MPT”

Open location code

9C7W5868+WP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7209360087

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

6953174

Wikidata ID

Q2534198

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Morpeth railway station” goes by many names.

Chinese: “莫珀斯站”
Dutch: “station Morpeth”
Dutch: “Station Morpeth”
Egyptian Arabic: “محطة مورپيث”
French: “gare de Morpeth”
French: “Morpeth”
Japanese: “モーペス駅”
Portuguese: “Estação Ferroviária de Morpeth”
Portuguese: “Morpeth (estação ferroviária)”
Portuguese: “Morpeth”
Urdu: “مورپتھ ریلوے اسٹیشن”

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