Hillhead

Hillhead is a residential area in Capheaton, Northumberland, England. Hillhead is situated nearby to the village Kirkheaton, as well as near the hamlet Kirkharle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Capheaton Hall and Belsay Castle.

Capheaton Hall

Building

Photo: John Preston Neale, Public domain.

Capheaton Hall, near Wallington, Northumberland, is an English country house, the seat of the Swinburne Baronets and a childhood home of the poet Algernon Swinburne. Capheaton Hall is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Hillhead.

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 2½ miles east of Hillhead.

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 2 miles east of Hillhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkheaton and Kirkharle.

Kirkheaton

Village

Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkheaton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Capheaton, in the county of Northumberland, England. The village lies about 10 miles north east of Hexham and about 5 miles west of Belsay. In 1951 the parish had a population of 70. Kirkheaton is situated 2 miles southwest of Hillhead.

Kirkharle

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kirkharle is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kirkwhelpington, in the county of Northumberland in Northern England located about 12 miles west of the town of Morpeth, just to the west of the crossroads of the A696 and B6342 roads. Kirkharle is situated 2½ miles northwest of Hillhead.

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 3½ miles northeast of Hillhead.

Hillhead

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

55.11055° or 55° 6′ 38″ north

Longitude

-1.92869° or 1° 55′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C7W436C+6G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 742098644

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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