Frenches Close

Frenches Close is a locality in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. Frenches Close is situated nearby to the locality Prudhoe Hall, as well as near Guards.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prudhoe Castle and Wylam railway station.

Prudhoe Castle

Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.

Wylam railway station

Railway station

Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wylam is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 9 miles 71 chains west of Newcastle, serves the village of Wylam in Northumberland, England. Wylam railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Frenches Close.

Prudhoe railway station

Railway station

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Prudhoe is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 12 miles 1 chain west of Newcastle, serves the town of Prudhoe and villages of Mickley and Ovingham in Northumberland, England. Prudhoe railway station is situated 1½ miles northwest of Frenches Close.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenside and Crawcrook.

Greenside

Village

Photo: Steve McShane, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Greenside is a village in the extreme west of the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. Once an independent village in County Durham, it became incorporated into Tyne and Wear in 1974 and then the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1986. Greenside is situated 1½ miles east of Frenches Close.

Crawcrook

Village

Crawcrook is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. The population taken at the 2021 Census of the Gateshead ward was 9,058, increasing from 8,841 in 2011. The village is historically part of County Durham. Crawcrook is situated 2 miles northeast of Frenches Close.

Mickley

Village

Photo: Helen Wilkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mickley is a cluster of villages in the civil parish of Prudhoe, in Northumberland, England. It lies south of the River Tyne and is accessible via the A695. Mickley is situated 2 miles west of Frenches Close.

Frenches Close

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

54.95204° or 54° 57′ 7″ north

Longitude

-1.82893° or 1° 49′ 44″ west

Open location code

9C6WX52C+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 389454395

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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