Shellbraes Quarry

Shellbraes Quarry is a meadow in Whittington, Northumberland, England. Shellbraes Quarry is situated nearby to the peak Todridge Fell, as well as near the village Great Whittington.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Mary and Milecastle 22.

Church of St Mary

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles west of Shellbraes Quarry.

Milecastle 22

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milecastle 22 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a low, turf covered platform just east of the Portgate roundabout. The platform is 0.5 metres on the east side, reducing to only a parch mark on the west side. Milecastle 22 is situated 2 miles south of Shellbraes Quarry.

Church of the Holy Trinity, Matfen

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of the Holy Trinity, Matfen is situated 2 miles east of Shellbraes Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Great Whittington and Bingfield.

Great Whittington

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Whittington is a village in the civil parish of Whittington, in Northumberland, England, 7 miles NE of Hexham. In 2011 it had a population of 401.

Bingfield

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bingfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whittington, in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the north of Corbridge, off the A68 road and includes some properties situated on the A68.

Matfen

Village

Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the town of Hexham and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of a 19th-century planned estate village. Matfen is situated 2 miles east of Shellbraes Quarry.

Shellbraes Quarry

Type: Meadow
Location: Whittington, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.04092° or 55° 2′ 27″ north

Longitude

-1.99986° or 1° 59′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C7W22R2+93

OpenStreetMap ID

way 745234755

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=meadow

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