Far Town

Far Town is a locality in Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England. Far Town is situated nearby to the locality White Law, as well as near Coldacre Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lintley Halt railway station and Kirkhaugh railway station.

Lintley Halt railway station

Railway station

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Lintley Halt is a railway station on the South Tynedale Railway, which runs between Slaggyford and Alston. The station is located about 1+1⁄4 miles from the village of Slaggyford in Northumberland.

Kirkhaugh railway station

Railway station

Kirkhaugh is a railway station on the South Tynedale Railway, which runs between Slaggyford and Alston. The station serves the hamlet of Kirkhaugh in Northumberland.

Whitley Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Chiswick Chap, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Whitley Castle is a large, unusually shaped Roman fort north-west of the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. It is the highest stone-built Roman fort in Britain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkhaugh and Slaggyford.

Kirkhaugh

Hamlet

Photo: Ashley Columbus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kirkhaugh is a very small village in the civil parish of Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh, adjacent to the River South Tyne in Northumberland, England. The village lies close to the A689 road north of Alston, Cumbria.

Slaggyford

Village

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Slaggyford is a village in the civil parish of Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh, in Northumberland, England about 5 miles north of Alston, Cumbria. It is set in the South Tyne valley. Hadrian's Wall lies to the north of the Tyne Gap.

Ayle

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ayle is a village in Northumberland, England, situated to the north of Alston. There are six residences in the hamlet. Ayle is situated 1½ miles east of Far Town.

Far Town

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

54.84622° or 54° 50′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.48559° or 2° 29′ 8″ west

Open location code

9C6VRGW7+FQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 323114210

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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