Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle 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.
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  • Town with 3,790 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 407 feet (124 metres)
  • …is also known as “Haltwhistle, Northumberland”
  • Description: town in Northumberland, England

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hadrian’s Wall and Bellister Castle.
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Hadrian's Wall was built by the Roman Empire…
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is a National Trust owned castellated…
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Haltwhistle is a railway station on the Tyne Valley…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plenmeller and Henshaw.
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is a village and former civil parish, now…
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is a small village and civil parish… is situated 3½ miles east of Haltwhistle.
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is a village in , England. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Haltwhistle.

Haltwhistle

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Latitude
54.9705° or 54° 58′ 14″ north
Longitude
-2.4582° or 2° 27′ 30″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB HWS
Open location code
9C6VXGCR+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20967406
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2647593
Wiki­data ID
Q748591

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Haltwhistle” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Haltwhistle”
  • Basque: “Haltwhistle”
  • Cebuano: “Haltwhistle (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Haltwhistle”
  • Chinese: “霍特惠斯尔”
  • Chinese: “霍特惠斯爾”
  • Czech: “Haltwhistle”
  • Dutch: “Haltwhistle”
  • Esperanto: “Haltwhistle”
  • French: “Haltwhistle”
  • German: “Haltwhistle”
  • Irish: “Haltwhistle”
  • Italian: “Haltwhistle”
  • Japanese: “ハルトホイッスル”
  • Ladin: “Haltwhistle”
  • Lithuanian: “Holtvislas”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Haltwhistle”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Haltwhistle”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Haltwhistle”
  • Persian: “هالتویستل”
  • Polish: “Haltwhistle”
  • Portuguese: “Haltwhistle”
  • Romanian: “Haltwhistle”
  • Slovak: “Haltwhistle”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هالتویستل”
  • Swedish: “Haltwhistle”
  • Turkish: “Haltwhistle”
  • Volapük: “Haltwhistle”
  • Welsh: “Haltwhistle”

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