Sheepwash
Sheepwash is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ashington, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is adjacent to Stakeford and Guide Post and across the River Wansbeck from Ashington. In 1931 the parish had a population of 68.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Northumberland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Sheepwash, Northumberland”
- Postal code: NE62
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bothal Castle and Ashington railway station.
Bothal Castle
Castle
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Bothal Castle is a castle and stately home in the village of the same name near the River Wansbeck, between Morpeth and Ashington in the English county of Northumberland.
Ashington railway station
Railway station
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Ashington is a railway station on the Northumberland Line, which runs between Newcastle and Ashington. The station serves the town of Ashington in Northumberland, England. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.
Pegswood railway station
Railway station
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Pegswood is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 18 miles 44 chains north of Newcastle, serves the villages of Longhirst and Pegswood in Northumberland, England. Pegswood railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Sheepwash.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stakeford and Bothal.
Stakeford
Village
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Stakeford is a large village in south east Northumberland, England. Its about 17 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne. It lies south of the River Wansbeck from Ashington, the nearest town.
Bothal
Hamlet
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Bothal is a Hamlet in the civil parish of Ashington, in Northumberland, England. It is situated between Morpeth and Ashington. There is a castle, a church, a vicarage opposite the church gates, some stepping stones over the River Wansbeck, and a few houses.
Bomarsund
Village
Bomarsund is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the north of Bedlington, and just south of Stakeford. The village grew around a coal pit opened in 1854 and was named after the August 1854 battle – part of the Crimean War – at the fortress of Bomarsund in Sund, Åland, now part of Finland.
Sheepwash
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: Ashington, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Sheepwash” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sheepwash, Northumberland”
- French: “Sheepwash”
- Irish: “Sheepwash”
- Ladin: “Sheepwash (Northumberland)”
- Ladin: “Sheepwash”
- Polish: “Sheepwash”
- Swedish: “Sheepwash, Northumberland”
- Welsh: “Sheepwash, Northumberland”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sheepwash”. Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.