High Spencycroft Plantation

High Spencycroft Plantation is a forest in Alston Moor, Westmorland and Furness, England. High Spencycroft Plantation is situated near the neighborhood The Butts, as well as near Jollybeard.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Alston Town Hall and Alston railway station.

Alston Town Hall

Town hall

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Alston Town Hall is a municipal building in Front Street, Alston, Cumbria, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a public library, is a Grade II listed building.

Alston railway station

Railway station

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Alston is a heritage railway station on the South Tynedale Railway. The station, situated 13 miles south of Haltwhistle, is in the market town of Alston, in Cumbria, England.

Whitley Castle

Archaeological site

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Whitley Castle is a large, unusually shaped Roman fort north-west of the town of Alston, Cumbria, England. It is the highest stone-built Roman fort in Britain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alston and Kirkhaugh.

Alston is a small town in Cumbria, North West England. Alston lies within the North Pennines, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Alston is noted for its cobbled streets and 17th-century stone buildings.

Kirkhaugh

Hamlet

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Kirkhaugh is a very small village in the civil parish of Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh, adjacent to the River South Tyne in Northumberland, England. The village lies close to the A689 road north of Alston, Cumbria.