Steel Rigg Car Park
Steel Rigg Car Park is a parking area in Henshaw, Northumberland, England. Steel Rigg Car Park is situated nearby to the meadow Overflow Parking, as well as near the mountain saddle Peel Gap.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sycamore Gap tree and Milecastle 40.
Sycamore Gap tree
Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 120-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. Sycamore Gap tree is situated 3,600 feet east of Steel Rigg Car Park.
Milecastle 40
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 40 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Milecastle 40 is situated 1,800 feet west of Steel Rigg Car Park.
Milecastle 39
Ruins
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 39 is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Milecastle 39 is situated 3,200 feet east of Steel Rigg Car Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Once Brewed and Haltwhistle.
Once Brewed
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Once Brewed is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the Military Road. A motorist arriving over the B6318 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".
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.
Plenmeller
Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 3½ miles southwest of Steel Rigg Car Park.
Steel Rigg Car Park
- Type: Parking area
- Parking: surface
- Category: transportation
- Location: Henshaw, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.00303° or 55° 0′ 11″ northLongitude
-2.39084° or 2° 23′ 27″ westOperator
Northumberland National Park AuthorityOpen location code
9C7V2J35+6MOpenStreetMap ID
way 29485154OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surface
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Highlights include Overflow Parking and Peel Gap.
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