Ratcheugh Crag

Ratcheugh Crag is a locality in Longhoughton, Northumberland, England. Ratcheugh Crag is situated nearby to the locality Longlee, as well as near Dunsheugh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ratcheugh Observatory and Longhoughton Quarry.

Ratcheugh Observatory

Building

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Ratcheugh Observatory is a late 18th-century folly on a prominent crag between Alnwick and Longhoughton in north Northumberland, England. Commissioned by Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, the castellated Observatory incorporates a viewing tower with prospects of Alnwick and its castle, and of the North Sea coast at Boulmer.

Longhoughton Quarry

Quarry

Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longhoughton Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in north Northumberland in North East England. The site is a now disused quarry which yielded whinstone, a hard dark rock associated in Northumberland with the Whin Sill.

Church of Saints Peter and Paul

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denwick and Littlehoughton.

Denwick

Village

Photo: Christine Westerback, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Denwick is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, located about 1.4 miles north-east of Alnwick.

Littlehoughton

Hamlet

Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Littlehoughton is a hamlet.

Lesbury

Village

Photo: Sic19, CC0.

Lesbury is a small rural village in Northumberland in the north of England. It is built on the main coastal road 3.5 miles southeast of Alnwick, on the north bank of the River Aln. Alnmouth railway station is about half a mile away. Lesbury is situated 2 miles south of Ratcheugh Crag.

Ratcheugh Crag

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

55.42505° or 55° 25′ 30″ north

Longitude

-1.64759° or 1° 38′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C7WC9G2+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 333766510

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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