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Melkridge

Melkridge

Melkridge is a village and civil parish in , England, on the river . The village of Melkridge is in the south of the parish, and is about two miles east of along the A69 road.
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Photo: Victuallers, CC BY 4.0.
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY 4.0.
  • Type: Village with 199 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Melkridge, Northumberland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hadrian’s Wall and Vindolanda.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hadrian's Wall was built by the Roman Empire to protect their territory in England from the Pictish tribes of Scotland. It was built relatively quickly from 122 AD, with associated castles and forts, and stretches for 73 miles from the Tyne estuary on the east coast to Solway Firth on the west coast.

Fort
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Melkridge.

Residential area
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Grade II listed property now serving as commercial offices, situated on the southern bank of the east of , near , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Henshaw and Plenmeller.

Hamlet
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in , within the vicinity of the ancient . It is located around 11.5 miles from , 25.5 miles from , and 33 miles from . is situated 1½ miles east of Melkridge.

Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of with Whitfield, in , England about a mile southeast of . In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. is situated 1½ miles west of Melkridge.

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
is a market town in , along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Melkridge

Latitude
54.96916° or 54° 58′ 9″ north
Longitude
-2.40944° or 2° 24′ 34″ west
Population
199
Elevation
367 feet (112 metres)
Open location code
9C6VXH9R+M6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 323206586
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
12263330
Wiki­data ID
Q2315026
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Melkridge” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Мелкридге”
  • Cebuano: “Melkridge”
  • Chinese: “Melkridge”
  • Dutch: “Melkridge”
  • French: “Melkridge”
  • Irish: “Melkridge”
  • Italian: “Melkridge”
  • Ladin: “Melkridge”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Melkridge”
  • Persian: “ملکریج”
  • Polish: “Melkridge”
  • Swedish: “Melkridge”
  • Welsh: “Melkridge”
  • “Melkridge”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Melkridge Millenium Nature Park and Horseclose Wood.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Melkridge”. Photo: Victuallers, CC BY 4.0.