Swanstead

Swanstead is a residential area in Belsay, Northumberland, England. Swanstead is situated nearby to Belsay Primary School, as well as near Belsay Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belsay Castle and Belsay Hall.

Belsay Castle

Photo: Brian Norman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belsay Castle is a 14th-century medieval castle situated at Belsay, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Monument and a Grade I listed building. The main structure, a substantial three-storey rectangular pele tower with rounded turrets and battlements, was constructed about 1370, and was the home of the Middleton family. Belsay Castle is situated 3,300 feet west of Swanstead.

Belsay Hall

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Belsay Hall is a Regency style country house located at Belsay, Northumberland. It is regarded as the first British country house to be built entirely in the new Greek Revival style. Belsay Hall is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Swanstead.

Aruna Ratanagiri

Buddhist temple

Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery is a Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Northumberland, England. The community consists of monks, novices and postulants from a wide range of nationalities, usually numbering around eight Sangha members. Aruna Ratanagiri is situated 1½ miles northwest of Swanstead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belsay and Bolam.

Belsay

Village

Photo: Brian Norman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Belsay is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village is about 5 miles from Ponteland on the A696, which links the village with Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh.

Bolam

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bolam is a village in the civil parish of Belsay in the county of Northumberland, England. The village is about 20 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, near Bolam West Houses. Bolam is situated 2 miles north of Swanstead.

Ogle

Village

Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ogle is a village in and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whalton, Northumberland, England, north-west of Ponteland and south-west of Morpeth. Ogle is situated 2½ miles east of Swanstead.

Swanstead

Type: Residential area
Location: Belsay, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.104° or 55° 6′ 14″ north

Longitude

-1.85346° or 1° 51′ 12″ west

Open location code

9C7W443W+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 647637965

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Belsay Primary School and Belsay Woodland Burials.

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