Shotton

Shotton is a hamlet in Kilham, Northumberland, England. Shotton is situated near the hamlet Yetholm Mains, as well as near Venchen.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kirk Yetholm Parish Church and Hoselaw Loch and Din Moss.

Kirk Yetholm Parish Church

Church

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirk Yetholm Parish Church is situated 1½ miles southwest of Shotton.

Hoselaw Loch and Din Moss

Nature reserve

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hoselaw Loch and Din Moss is a nature reserve near Kelso in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire. A lack of footpaths and the surrounding land being used by farms makes access tricky. Hoselaw Loch and Din Moss is situated 2½ miles northwest of Shotton.

War Memorial, Yetholm

Memorial

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

War Memorial, Yetholm is situated 1½ miles southwest of Shotton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirk Yetholm and Mindrum.

Kirk Yetholm

Photo: Iain Lees, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirk Yetholm is a village in the Scottish Borders, best known as the northern terminus of the 268-mile Pennine Way. Kirk Yetholm is the east side of this straggly settlement; the larger part west of the river is Town Yetholm.

Mindrum

Hamlet

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mindrum is a village in the civil parish of Carham, in Northumberland, England. Now little more than a postal address, it forms the centre of a number of farms. Mindrum is situated 1½ miles north of Shotton.

Town Yetholm

Village

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Yelthom, Officially Town Yetholm, is a small village in the Scottish Borders in the valley of the Bowmont Water opposite Kirk Yetholm. The town colours are green and yellow. Town Yetholm is situated 2 miles southwest of Shotton.

Shotton

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Kilham, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.56494° or 55° 33′ 54″ north

Longitude

-2.252° or 2° 15′ 7″ west

Open location code

9C7VHP7X+X5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2468028017

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Yetholm Mains and Venchen.

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Highlights: Viewpoint near Shotton and Shotton Hill.

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