Kielder Forest
Kielder Forest is a forest in Kielder, Northumberland, England. Kielder Forest is situated nearby to the locality Buck Lakes, as well as near The Sisters.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kielder Observatory and United Reformed Church.
Kielder Observatory
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. The site is on Black Fell, overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border.
Kielder Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kielder Viaduct consists of seven semi-circular masonry skew arches and was built in 1862 by the North British Railway to carry the Border Counties Line across marshy land, which following flooding to create Kielder Water, became the place where Deadwater Burn joins Bakethin Reservoir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deadwater and Saughtree.
Deadwater
Locality
Photo: The Boy that time forgot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deadwater is a small settlement in Northumberland, England, about 3 miles north west of Kielder, Northumberland, on the English side of the border between Scotland and England.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale.
Kielder Forest
- Type: Forest
- Location: Kielder, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.2287° or 55° 13′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.6477° or 2° 38′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C7V69H2+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 768062660OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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