Cresswell

Places of Interest

Cresswell Pele Tower

Ruins

Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cresswell Pele Tower is in the village of Cresswell, situated overlooking the coast approximately 4 miles to the north of Ashington, Northumberland, England.

St Aidan Lynemouth

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Aidan Lynemouth is a church.

Lynemouth power station

Industrial building

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Lynemouth Power Station is a biomass power plant which provides electricity for the UK National Grid. Until March 2012, it was the main source of electricity for the nearby Alcan Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter.

Places in the Area

Ashington

Photo: Mark Smiles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashington is a town in Northumberland in northeast England, 18 miles north of Newcastle. It's a former mining district and now a commuter town, with a population of 28,000 in 2021.

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, often abbreviated to Newbiggin, is a seaside town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, located on the North Sea coast. The town is a fishing port and formerly a part of a trade route for shipping grain. Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is situated 3 miles southeast of Cresswell.

Ellington

Village

Photo: fozyks, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ellington is a small village in the civil parish of Ellington and Linton, on the coast of Northumberland, England. Ellington is 4 miles from Ashington, 6 miles from Morpeth and 20 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne.

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