Breckney Bed
Breckney Bed is a locality in Waterhead, Cumberland, England. Breckney Bed is situated nearby to the locality The Hill, as well as near The Height.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Banna and Milecastle 49.
Banna
Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birdoswald Roman Fort was known as Banna in Roman times, reflecting the geography of the site on a triangular spur of land bounded by cliffs to the south and east commanding a broad meander of the River Irthing in Cumbria below.
Milecastle 49
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 49 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland
Church
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church is a small mid-Victorian Anglican church on an isolated hillside in north-east Cumbria, England. Dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene, it is the parish church of Gilsland, but is almost a mile from the village and may have been intended as much for the use of visitors to the nearby Gilsland Spa hotel as for the village.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilsland and Banks.
Gilsland
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Banks
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banks is a village in Cumbria, England, astride the course of Hadrian's Wall, 3 mile NE of the market town of Brampton. The historic Lanercost Priory is just a mile to the SW. Banks is situated 3½ miles southwest of Breckney Bed.
Lanercost
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lanercost is a village in the northern part of Cumbria, England. The settlement is in the civil parish of Burtholme, in the Cumberland local government district. Lanercost is known for the presence of Lanercost Priory and its proximity to Hadrian's Wall. Lanercost is situated 4½ miles southwest of Breckney Bed.
Breckney Bed
- Type: Locality
- Location: Waterhead, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.99798° or 54° 59′ 53″ northLongitude
-2.60185° or 2° 36′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C6VX9XX+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 323095035OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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