Benningtonmoor

Places of Interest

Church of Saints Philip and James

Church

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Church of Saints Philip and James is situated 2 miles north of Benningtonmoor.

Longhoughton Quarry

Quarry

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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. Longhoughton Quarry is situated 2 miles southeast of Benningtonmoor.

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. Ratcheugh Observatory is situated 2 miles southeast of Benningtonmoor.

Places in the Area

Littlehoughton

Hamlet

Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Littlehoughton is a hamlet, which is situated 1½ miles east of Benningtonmoor.

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. Denwick is situated 2 miles south of Benningtonmoor.

Rock

Village

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Rock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Rennington, in Northumberland, England about 5 miles north of Alnwick. In 1951 the parish had a population of 162. Rock is situated 2 miles north of Benningtonmoor.

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