Hesleyhurst
Hesleyhurst is a civil parish in the county of Northumberland in England. At the 2011 Census the population was only minimal. It is served by a joint parish council with nearby Brinkburn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 25 residents
- Description: civil parish in Northumberland, England
- Also known as: “Hesleyhurst (civil parish), Northumberland” and “Hesleyhurst, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sharpe’s Folly and Brinkburn Priory.
Sharpe’s Folly
Archaeological site
Photo: J C Ousby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sharpe’s Folly is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Hesleyhurst.
Brinkburn Priory
Photo: Evan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brinkburn Priory is a former monastery built, starting in the 12th century, on a bend of the River Coquet, about 4 miles east of Rothbury, Northumberland, England. Brinkburn Priory is situated 2½ miles east of Hesleyhurst.
Brinkburn railway station
Residential building
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brinkburn was a weatherboard- and corrugated-iron-built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the Healy Coate Colliery to which it was linked by a two-mile aerial ropeway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rothbury and Thropton.
Rothbury
Town
Photo: Glennsmart, Public domain.
Rothbury is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is 14 miles north-west of Morpeth and 26 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Rothbury is situated 3 miles northwest of Hesleyhurst.
Thropton
Village
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thropton is a hamlet in Northumberland, England, located on the River Coquet, and its tributary Wreigh Burn. With a population of 780 it is situated 1.9 miles west of the village of Rothbury connected by the B6431 near the junction of the Wreigh Burn and the River Coquet. Thropton is situated 4 miles northwest of Hesleyhurst.
Hesleyhurst
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Hesleyhurst” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Хеслейхурст”
- Cebuano: “Hesleyhurst”
- French: “Hesleyhurst”
- Irish: “Hesleyhurst”
- Polish: “Hesleyhurst”
- Swedish: “Hesleyhurst”
- Turkish: “Hesleyhurst”
- “Hesleyhurst”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Garleigh Hill and Cragside.
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