Stobswood Welfare

Stobswood Welfare is a sports venue in Widdrington Station and Stobswood, Northumberland, England. Stobswood Welfare is situated nearby to Grangewood Ancient Forest, as well as near Dragline shovel from the former opencast mine.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Widdrington railway station and Church of St John the Baptist.

Widdrington railway station

Railway station

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Widdrington is a railway station on the East Coast Main Line, which runs between London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley. The station, situated 23 miles 20 chains north of Newcastle, serves the villages of Stobswood and Widdrington Station in Northumberland, England. Widdrington railway station is situated 3,300 feet southeast of Stobswood Welfare.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

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Church of St John the Baptist is situated 1½ miles south of Stobswood Welfare.

Chibburn Preceptory

Ruins

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Chibburn Preceptory are the ruins of a Medieval/Post-Medieval Hospitaller preceptory near Widdrington in Northumberland, England. The preceptory was first recorded in 1313, and it was abolished in 1540 when all its lands were passed to the Crown and later the Widdrington family. Chibburn Preceptory is situated 2 miles northeast of Stobswood Welfare.