Narbut’s House

Narbut’s House is a locality in Greenhead, Northumberland, England. Narbut’s House is situated near the locality Waterloo, as well as near Witches House.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Featherstone Castle and Blenkinsopp Castle.

Featherstone Castle

Castle

Photo: Margaret Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Featherstone Castle, a Grade I listed building, is a large Gothic style country mansion situated on the bank of the River South Tyne about 3 miles southwest of the town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland, England.

Blenkinsopp Castle

Ruins

Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blenkinsopp Castle is a fire-damaged, partly demolished 19th-century country mansion, incorporating the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house, which is located above the Tipalt Burn approximately one mile south of Greenhead, Northumberland, England.

Magnis

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Magnis or Magna was a Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain. Its ruins are now known as Carvoran Roman Fort and are located near Carvoran, Northumberland, in northern England. Magnis is situated 1½ miles north of Narbut’s House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowfoot and Haltwhistle.

Rowfoot

Hamlet

Rowfoot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Featherstone, in Northumberland, England. It was historically served by Featherstone Park railway station. Rowfoot is situated 2 miles southeast of Narbut’s House.

Haltwhistle

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

Coanwood

Hamlet

Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coanwood is a village in Northumberland, England, and is part of the Parish of Haltwhistle. It is about four miles to the south-west of Haltwhistle, on the South Tyne. Coanwood is situated 2½ miles south of Narbut’s House.

Narbut’s House

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

54.96163° or 54° 57′ 42″ north

Longitude

-2.52122° or 2° 31′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C6VXF6H+MG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 335537281

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Waterloo and Witches House.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Blenkinsopp Castle Home Park and Crow Wood.

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