Foxton Head

Foxton Head is a locality in Harbottle, Northumberland, England. Foxton Head is situated nearby to the locality Harbottle Grange, as well as near Brown Rigg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harbottle Castle and Biddlestone Chapel.

Harbottle Castle

Castle

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Harbottle Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated at the west end of the village of Harbottle, Northumberland, England, 9 miles west-north-west of Rothbury overlooking the River Coquet. Harbottle Castle is situated 2 miles west of Foxton Head.

Biddlestone Chapel

Chapel

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Biddlestone Chapel is a redundant Roman Catholic chapel in Biddlestone, Northumberland, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building.

The Lady’s Well

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The Lady’s Well is situated 2 miles south of Foxton Head.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sharperton and Harbottle.

Sharperton

Hamlet

Sharperton is a small settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harbottle, in Northumberland, England. Sharperton is the site of a deserted medieval village, which was documented as having 14 taxpayers in 1296, and described as having two short rows of dwellings in 1632.

Harbottle

Hamlet

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Harbottle is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England about 10 miles south-east of the Scottish border, in the southeastern part of the Cheviot Hills and inside Northumberland National Park. Harbottle is situated 2 miles southwest of Foxton Head.

Holystone

Hamlet

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holystone is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harbottle, in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of the Northumberland National Park on the north bank of the River Coquet. Holystone is situated 2 miles south of Foxton Head.

Foxton Head

Type: Locality
Location: Harbottle, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.34861° or 55° 20′ 55″ north

Longitude

-2.05987° or 2° 3′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C7V8WXR+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2167793029

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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