Akeld

Akeld is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated around 2.7 miles to the west of Wooler and 9.3 miles from the border with Scotland at Coldstream.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coupland Castle and Yeavering Bell.

Coupland Castle

Castle

Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coupland Castle is situated in the village of Coupland, 4 miles to the north-west of Wooler, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The Grade I listed "castle" is actually a tower house "built after 1584, with irregular later additions".

Yeavering Bell

Peak

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yeavering Bell is a twin-peaked hill near the River Glen in north Northumberland, England, to the west of Wooler, and forming part of the Cheviot Hills.

Green Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Green Castle is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wooler and Kirknewton.

Wooler

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Wooler is a town in Northumberland, on a lowland route into Scotland that skirts the Cheviot Hills, with a population of 2000 in 2021. "Situated in an ill-cultivated country under the influence of vast mountains, from whence it is subject to impetuous rains" was the Norman conquerors' dismal assessment of it in 1107.

Kirknewton

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirknewton is a Northumbrian village in the north of the county of Northumberland, about 6 miles from the town of Wooler and roughly the same distance to the Scottish Borders. Kirknewton is situated 2½ miles west of Akeld.

Akeld

Type: Locality
Location: Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.5549° or 55° 33′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.0734° or 2° 4′ 24″ west

Elevation

456 feet (139 metres)

Open location code

9C7VHW3G+XJ

GeoNames ID

7291369

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