Bolam Lake Nature Sanctuary

Bolam Lake Nature Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Belsay, Northumberland, England. Bolam Lake Nature Sanctuary is situated nearby to the hamlet Harnham, as well as near Bradford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Belsay Castle and Aruna Ratanagiri.

Belsay Castle

Photo: Brian Norman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belsay Castle is a 14th-century medieval castle situated at Belsay, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Monument and a Grade I listed building. The main structure, a substantial three-storey rectangular pele tower with rounded turrets and battlements, was constructed about 1370, and was the home of the Middleton family.

Aruna Ratanagiri

Buddhist temple

Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery is a Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Northumberland, England. The community consists of monks, novices and postulants from a wide range of nationalities, usually numbering around eight Sangha members.

Belsay Hall

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Belsay Hall is a Regency style country house located at Belsay, Northumberland. It is regarded as the first British country house to be built entirely in the new Greek Revival style.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belsay and Hartburn.

Belsay

Village

Photo: Brian Norman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belsay is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village is about 5 miles from Ponteland on the A696, which links the village with Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh.

Hartburn

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hartburn is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated about 6 miles to the west of Morpeth. The population at the 2011 census was 194. The place-name 'Hartburn' is first attested in Charter Rolls of 1198, where it appears as Herteburne.

Bolam

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bolam is a village in the civil parish of Belsay in the county of Northumberland, England. The village is about 20 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, near Bolam West Houses.

Bolam Lake Nature Sanctuary

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Belsay, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.1307° or 55° 7′ 51″ north

Longitude

-1.8766° or 1° 52′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C7W44JF+78

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1017859345

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bolam Lake Country Park and Pheasant Field.

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