Bilton Banks

Bilton Banks is a hill in Lesbury, Northumberland, England and has an elevation of 367 feet. Bilton Banks is situated nearby to the village Hipsburn, as well as near the hamlet High Buston.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alnmouth railway station and Alnwick Lionheart railway station.

Alnmouth railway station

Railway station

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Alnmouth railway station serves the coastal and rural villages of Alnmouth and Lesbury, and the market town of Alnwick, in Northumberland, England. It lies 34 mi 69 chains north of Newcastle on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley.

Alnwick Lionheart railway station

Railway station

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Alnwick Lionheart is a railway station situated on the edge of the Lionheart Enterprise Park on the outskirts of Alnwick, Northumberland. It is the western terminus and operational base of the preserved Aln Valley Railway which is currently working to rebuild the original Alnwick branch line from there to Alnmouth station. Alnwick Lionheart railway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Bilton Banks.

Church of St James

Church

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Church of St James is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bilton Banks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bilton Banks and Bilton.

Bilton Banks

Locality

Bilton Banks was a village in Northumberland adjacent to the coal mines of Shilbottle and Longdyke. It was home to many miners’ families from the late 19th century through the mid 20th century, when the mines were finally closed and the houses condemned and demolished.

Bilton

Hamlet

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Bilton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lesbury, Northumberland, in England. It is situated near the River Aln, a short distance inland from the North Sea coast, close to Alnmouth. Alnwick is the nearest town.

Hipsburn

Village

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Hipsburn is a village.

Bilton Banks

Type: Hill with an elevation of 367 feet
Category: landform
Location: Lesbury, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.3845° or 55° 23′ 4″ north

Longitude

-1.65981° or 1° 39′ 35″ west

Elevation

367 feet (112 metres)

Open location code

9C7W98MR+R3

GeoNames ID

12617938

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