Ashington

Ashington is a town in in northeast England, 18 miles north of Newcastle. It's a former mining district and now a commuter town, with a population of 28,000 in 2021.
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  • Type: Town with 27,700 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in Northumberland, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Ashington, Northumberland”, “アシントン”, “瓦盛頓”, and “阿士頓”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ashington railway station and Wansbeck General Hospital.

Railway station
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is the northern terminus of the Northumberland Line to .

Hospital
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is a district general…

College
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is a further education college based in Ashington, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and Stakeford.

Village
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, often abbreviated to Newbiggin… is situated 2½ miles east of Ashington.

Village
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is a large village in south east , England.

Village
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is a large village and civil parish in , England. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Ashington.

Ashington

Latitude
55.1832° or 55° 10′ 60″ north
Longitude
-1.5703° or 1° 34′ 13″ west
Population
27,700
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB AST
Open location code
9C7W5CMH+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 246698772
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656946
Wiki­data ID
Q202348
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ashington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أشينغتون”
  • Armenian: “Աշինգտոն”
  • Asturian: “Ashington”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aşinqton”
  • Basque: “Ashington”
  • Belarusian: “Ашынгтан”
  • Bengali: “আসিংটন”
  • Catalan: “Ashington”
  • Cebuano: “Ashington (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Ashington”
  • Chinese: “阿兴顿”
  • Chinese: “阿興頓”
  • Danish: “Ashington”
  • Dutch: “Ashington”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اشينجتون”
  • Finnish: “Ashington”
  • French: “Ashington”
  • German: “Ashington”
  • Gujarati: “એશિંગટન”
  • Hebrew: “אשינגטון”
  • Irish: “Ashington”
  • Italian: “Ashington”
  • Japanese: “アッシントン”
  • Kannada: “ಆಶಿಂಗ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “애슁턴”
  • Ladin: “Ashington”
  • Lithuanian: “Ašingtonas”
  • Maltese: “Ashington”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ashington”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ashington”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ashington”
  • Persian: “اشینگتون”
  • Polish: “Ashington”
  • Portuguese: “Ashington”
  • Romanian: “Ashington”
  • Russian: “Ашингтон”
  • Silesian: “Ashington”
  • Slovenian: “Ashington, Anglija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اشینقتون”
  • Spanish: “Ashington”
  • Swedish: “Ashington”
  • Tamil: “ஆஷிங்டன்”
  • Telugu: “ఆశింగ్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Ashington”
  • Ukrainian: “Ашингтон”
  • Urdu: “اشینجٹن”
  • Urdu: “ایشنگٹن”
  • Volapük: “Ashington”
  • Welsh: “Ashington”

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Localities in the Area

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