Bilton Banks
Bilton Banks was a village in Northumberland adjacent to the coal mines of Shilbottle and Longdyke. It was home to many miners’ families from the late 19th century through the mid 20th century, when the mines were finally closed and the houses condemned and demolished.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Bilton Banks, Northumberland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alnmouth railway station and Alnwick Garden.
Alnmouth railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tagishsimon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alnmouth is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 34 miles 69 chains north of Newcastle, serves the coastal and rural villages of Alnmouth and Lesbury and the market town of Alnwick in Northumberland, England.
Alnwick Garden
Garden
Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Alnwick Garden is a complex of formal gardens adjacent to Alnwick Castle in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland, England. The gardens have a long history under the dukes of Northumberland, but fell into disrepair until revived at the turn of the 21st century. Alnwick Garden is situated 2½ miles northwest of Bilton Banks.
Alnwick Lionheart railway station
Railway station
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Alnwick Lionheart is a railway station situated on the edge of the Lionheart Enterprise Park on the outskirts of Alnwick, Northumberland. It is the western terminus and operational base of the preserved Aln Valley Railway which is currently working to rebuild the original Alnwick branch line from there to Alnmouth station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shilbottle and Bilton.
Shilbottle
Village
Photo: Roger Temple, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shilbottle is a village close to the A1 in Northumberland, north-east England, 3 miles south-east of Alnwick, and 5 miles from the coast at Alnmouth.
Bilton
Hamlet
Bilton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lesbury, Northumberland, in England. It is situated near the River Aln, a short distance inland from the North Sea coast, close to Alnmouth. Alnwick is the nearest town.
Bilton Banks
- Category: village
- Location: Lesbury, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.38481° or 55° 23′ 5″ northLongitude
-1.67012° or 1° 40′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C7W98MH+WXOpenStreetMap ID
node 332692429OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q14093350
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Bilton Banks” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bilton Banks, Northumberland”
- French: “Bilton Banks”
- Irish: “Bilton Banks, Northumberland”
- Welsh: “Bilton Banks, Northumberland”
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