Kielder Observatory
Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. The site is on Black Fell, overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border.Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: terry gregg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include United Reformed Church and Kielder Viaduct.
United Reformed Church
Church
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
United Reformed Church is situated 1 mile northeast of Kielder Observatory.
Kielder Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kielder Viaduct consists of seven semi-circular masonry skew arches and was built in 1862 by the North British Railway to carry the Border Counties Line across marshy land, which following flooding to create Kielder Water, became the place where Deadwater Burn joins Bakethin Reservoir. Kielder Viaduct is situated 1½ miles east of Kielder Observatory.
The Kielder Tavern
Pub
Photo: Malcolm Neal, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Kielder Tavern is a pub, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Kielder Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deadwater and Plashetts.
Deadwater
Locality
Photo: The Boy that time forgot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deadwater is a small settlement in Northumberland, England, about 3 miles north west of Kielder, Northumberland, on the English side of the border between Scotland and England. Deadwater is situated 2½ miles north of Kielder Observatory.
Plashetts
Locality
Plashetts is a small settlement in Northumberland, in England south east of Kielder, Northumberland. It is about 22 miles north west of Hexham. Part of the settlement is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water. Plashetts is situated 3½ miles east of Kielder Observatory.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 3½ miles northwest of Kielder Observatory.
Kielder Observatory
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: astronomical observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory, commerce, and tourism
- Location: Kielder, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.23185° or 55° 13′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.61629° or 2° 36′ 59″ westOpen location code
9C7V69JM+PFOpenStreetMap ID
way 311412674OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6405250
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Kielder Observatory” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “基尔德天文观象台”
- Chinese: “基爾德天文觀象臺”
- Indonesian: “Observatorium Kielder”
- Japanese: “キールダー天文台”
- Urdu: “کیلڈر رصدگاہ”
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