Bower

Bower is a locality in Greystead, Northumberland, England. Bower is situated nearby to the locality The Leas, as well as near Bughts Knowe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dally Castle and Thorneyburn railway station.

Dally Castle

Ruins

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dally Castle is a ruined 13th-century stone motte-and-bailey fortress in Northumberland, and one of the first hall houses in Northumberland. It lies 5 miles west of Bellingham Castle, and 4 miles west of Bellingham on the Chirdon Burn, a tributary of the North Tyne. Dally Castle is situated 1½ miles east of Bower.

Thorneyburn railway station

Residential area

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thorneyburn railway station served the village of Thorneyburn, Northumberland, England from 1861 to 1956 on the Border Counties Railway. Thorneyburn railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of Bower.

Pheasant Inn

Pub

Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pheasant Inn is a pub, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Falstone and Charlton.

Falstone

Village

Photo: Simon Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Falstone is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, just east of Kielder Water. The village is 8 miles from the Anglo–Scottish border. Falstone is situated 3 miles northwest of Bower.

Charlton

Hamlet

Charlton is a village in Northumberland, England. It is about 1.5 miles to the northwest of Bellingham, on the River North Tyne. Charlton is situated 4 miles east of Bower.

Stonehaugh

Hamlet

Stonehaugh is a small settlement in Northumberland about 5 miles west of Wark on Tyne and 4 Roman miles north of Hadrian's Wall. It was purpose-built for housing forestry workers in the 1950s. Stonehaugh is situated 5 miles southeast of Bower.

Bower

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

55.14719° or 55° 8′ 50″ north

Longitude

-2.39512° or 2° 23′ 42″ west

Open location code

9C7V4JW3+VX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2731968934

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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