Shaftoe Crags
Shaftoe Crags is a hill in Capheaton, Northumberland, England and has an elevation of 699 feet. Shaftoe Crags is situated nearby to the village Capheaton, as well as near the hamlet Harnham.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wallington Hall and Aruna Ratanagiri.
Wallington Hall
Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY 2.0.
Wallington is a country house and gardens located about 12 miles west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England, near the village of Cambo. It has been owned by the National Trust since 1942, after it was donated complete with the estate and farms by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, the first donation of its kind. Wallington Hall is situated 2 miles northwest of Shaftoe Crags.
Aruna Ratanagiri
Buddhist temple
Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery is a Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Northumberland, England. The community consists of monks, novices and postulants from a wide range of nationalities, usually numbering around eight Sangha members. Aruna Ratanagiri is situated 1½ miles southeast of Shaftoe Crags.
Capheaton Hall
Building
Photo: John Preston Neale, Public domain.
Capheaton Hall, near Wallington, Northumberland, is an English country house, the seat of the Swinburne Baronets and a childhood home of the poet Algernon Swinburne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkharle and Bolam.
Kirkharle
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkharle is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kirkwhelpington, in the county of Northumberland in Northern England located about 12 miles west of the town of Morpeth, just to the west of the crossroads of the A696 and B6342 roads. Kirkharle is situated 2½ miles west of Shaftoe Crags.
Bolam
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bolam is a village in the civil parish of Belsay in the county of Northumberland, England. The village is about 20 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, near Bolam West Houses. Bolam is situated 2½ miles east of Shaftoe Crags.
Cambo
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cambo is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wallington Demesne, in Northumberland, England. It is about 11 miles to the west of the county town of Morpeth at the junction of the B6342 and B6343 roads. Cambo is situated 3 miles northwest of Shaftoe Crags.
Shaftoe Crags
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 699 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Capheaton, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.13133° or 55° 7′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.92148° or 1° 55′ 17″ westElevation
699 feet (213 metres)Open location code
9C7W43JH+GCGeoNames ID
12615571
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