Bavington Crags
Bavington Crags is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in north Northumberland, England. The site is an outcropping of the Whin Sill which gives rise to distinctive flora particular to the thin soil conditions on this bedrock.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Aidan, Throckington and Church of St Wilfred, Kirkharle.
Church of St Aidan, Throckington
Church
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Aidan, Throckington is situated 2 miles southwest of Bavington Crags.
Church of St Wilfred, Kirkharle
Church
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Wilfred, Kirkharle is situated 2½ miles northeast of Bavington Crags.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thockrington and Kirkharle.
Thockrington
Hamlet
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thockrington is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bavington, in Northumberland, England. The village lies about 10 miles north of Hexham. In 1951 the parish had a population of 18. Thockrington is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bavington Crags.
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 2 miles northeast of Bavington Crags.
Kirkwhelpington
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkwhelpington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland about 13 miles northeast of Hexham. It is on the River Wansbeck alongside the A696 trunk road between Otterburn and Ponteland. Kirkwhelpington is situated 2½ miles north of Bavington Crags.
Bavington Crags
- Type: Locality
- Description: site of Special Scientific Interest in north Northumberland, England
- Category: Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Location: Bavington, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.11989° or 55° 7′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.0313° or 2° 1′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C7V4X99+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2091056249OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q27990677
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