Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill is a tower in Plenmeller with Whitfield, Northumberland, England. Beacon Hill is situated nearby to the locality Plenmeller, as well as near the nature reserve Melkridge Millenium Nature Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bellister Castle and Haltwhistle railway station.

Bellister Castle

Castle

Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bellister Castle is a National Trust owned castellated 19th-century mansion house attached to the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England. Bellister Castle is situated 2 miles northwest of Beacon Hill.

Haltwhistle railway station

Railway station

Photo: Reinhard Dietrich, Public domain.

Haltwhistle is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 22 miles 66 chains east of Carlisle, serves the market town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England. Haltwhistle railway station is situated 2½ miles northwest of Beacon Hill.

Unthank Hall

Residential area

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Unthank Hall is a Grade II listed property now serving as commercial offices, situated on the southern bank of the River South Tyne east of Plenmeller, near Haltwhistle, Northumberland. Unthank Hall is situated 1¼ miles north of Beacon Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plenmeller and Haltwhistle.

Plenmeller

Locality

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 1½ miles northwest of Beacon Hill.

Haltwhistle

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, 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. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Rowfoot

Hamlet

Rowfoot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Featherstone, in Northumberland, England. It was historically served by Featherstone Park railway station. Rowfoot is situated 3 miles west of Beacon Hill.

Beacon Hill

Type: Tower
Location: Plenmeller with Whitfield, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.94312° or 54° 56′ 35″ north

Longitude

-2.42382° or 2° 25′ 26″ west

Height

9.8 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

9C6VWHVG+6F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1416562657

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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