Cock Law

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RAF Spadeadam

Military installation

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RAF Spadeadam is a Royal Air Force station in Cumbria, England, close to the border with Northumberland. It is the home of the 9,000 acre electronic warfare tactics range, making it the largest RAF base in the United Kingdom. RAF Spadeadam is situated 2½ miles northwest of Cock Law.

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Gilsland

Village

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Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland. Gilsland is situated 3½ miles southwest of Cock Law.

Churnsike Lodge

Locality

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Churnsike Lodge is an early Victorian hunting lodge situated in the parish of Greystead, west Northumberland, England. Constructed in 1850 by the Charlton family, descendants of the noted Border Reivers family of the English Middle March, the lodge formed part of the extensive Hesleyside estate, located some 10 miles from Hesleyside Hall itself. Churnsike Lodge is situated 3½ miles north of Cock Law.

Haltwhistle

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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.

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