Thornyhaugh

Places of Interest

Brinkburn Priory

Photo: Evan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brinkburn Priory is a former monastery built, starting in the 12th century, on a bend of the River Coquet, about 4 miles east of Rothbury, Northumberland, England.

The Priory Church

Church

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Brinkburn railway station

Residential building

Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brinkburn was a weatherboard- and corrugated-iron-built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the Healy Coate Colliery to which it was linked by a two-mile aerial ropeway.

Places in the Area

Rothbury

Town

Photo: Glennsmart, Public domain.

Rothbury is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is 14 miles north-west of Morpeth and 26 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne. Rothbury is situated 3½ miles northwest of Thornyhaugh.

Swarland

Village

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Swarland is a small modern village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton-on-the-Moor and Swarland, in the county of Northumberland, England, situated about 7 miles south of the market town of Alnwick and 25 miles north of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Swarland is situated 4½ miles northeast of Thornyhaugh.

Thropton

Village

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Thropton is a hamlet in Northumberland, England, located on the River Coquet, and its tributary Wreigh Burn. With a population of 780 it is situated 1.9 miles west of the village of Rothbury connected by the B6431 near the junction of the Wreigh Burn and the River Coquet. Thropton is situated 5 miles northwest of Thornyhaugh.

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