Horsley Wood

Horsley Wood is a forest in Horsley, Northumberland, England. Horsley Wood is situated nearby to the locality The Spetchells, as well as near the village Wylam.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prudhoe Castle and Wylam railway station.

Prudhoe Castle

Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.

Wylam railway station

Railway station

Photo: RHaworth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wylam is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 9 miles 71 chains west of Newcastle, serves the village of Wylam in Northumberland, England.

Prudhoe railway station

Railway station

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Prudhoe is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 12 miles 1 chain west of Newcastle, serves the town of Prudhoe and villages of Mickley and Ovingham in Northumberland, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Prudhoe and Crawcrook.

Prudhoe

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Prudhoe is a town in Northumberland in northeast England. With a population of 10,300 in 2021, it's the largest of a string of villages along the lower Tyne valley.

Crawcrook

Village

Crawcrook is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in Tyne and Wear, England. The population taken at the 2021 Census of the Gateshead ward was 9,058, increasing from 8,841 in 2011. The village is historically part of County Durham.