Glass Hills
Glass Hills is a locality in Denwick, Northumberland, England. Glass Hills is situated nearby to the locality Hulne Priory, as well as near Iron Bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hulne Park and Alnwick Castle.
Hulne Park
Park
Hulne Park is the only one remaining of the three parks that once surrounded Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, providing wood and meat for the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland.
Alnwick Castle
Photo: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0.
Alnwick Castle is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the Norman Conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times. Alnwick Castle is situated 2 miles southeast of Glass Hills.
Brizlee Tower
Tower
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Brizlee Tower is a Grade 1 listed folly set atop a hill in Hulne Park, the walled home park of the Duke of Northumberland in Alnwick, Northumberland. The tower was erected in 1781 for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and commands extensive views over North Northumberland and the Borders.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hulne Priory and Alnwick.
Hulne Priory
Locality
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Hulne Priory, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the Carmelites or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen for some slight resemblance to Mount Carmel where the order originated.
Alnwick
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Alnwick is an attractive small town in Northumberland in northeast England, with a population of 8400 in 2021. It's best known for Alnwick Castle, often used as a film and TV location.
Abberwick
Locality
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Abberwick is a hamlet and former civil parish near the River Aln, now in the parish of Edlingham, in the English county of Northumberland. In 1951 the parish had a population of 44. Abberwick is situated 2½ miles southwest of Glass Hills.
Glass Hills
- Type: Locality
- Location: Denwick, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.43517° or 55° 26′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.74913° or 1° 44′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C7WC7P2+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 936798468OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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