Cherryburn
Cherryburn is a cottage in Mickley, Northumberland, England. It was the birthplace of Thomas Bewick, an English wood engraver and ornithologist. The cottage, its adjacent farmhouse and large grounds, have been managed by the National Trust since 1991 when they took over responsibility for the site from the Bewick Birthplace Trust.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: 18th-century historic vernacular building in Mickley, Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “birthplace of Thomas Bewick”, “Cherryburn - Thomas Bewick Museum”, “Thomas Bewick Birthplace Museum”, and “Thomas Bewick’s Birthplace at Cherryburn”
- Address: Station Bank, Mickley, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7DD
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prudhoe Castle and The Glenside.
Prudhoe Castle
Photo: Chris Tweedy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. Prudhoe Castle is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Cherryburn.
The Glenside
Pub
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Glenside is a pub, which is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Cherryburn.
Prudhoe railway station
Railway station
Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prudhoe is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 12 miles 1 chain west of Newcastle, serves the town of Prudhoe and villages of Mickley and Ovingham in Northumberland, England. Prudhoe railway station is situated 1 mile northeast of Cherryburn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mickley and West Mickley.
Mickley
Village
Photo: Helen Wilkinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mickley is a cluster of villages in the civil parish of Prudhoe in Northumberland, England. It lies south of the River Tyne and is accessible via the A695.
West Mickley
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Mickley is a hamlet east of Stocksfield, in the southern part of Northumberland, England. Along with the neighbouring settlements of High Mickley and Mickley Square, it forms part of the electoral ward of Mickley, Northumberland.
Stocksfield
Village
Photo: Peter Brooks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stocksfield is a small village situated close to the River Tyne, about 14 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne in the southern part of Northumberland, England.
Cherryburn
- Categories: historic house museum, birth house, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Prudhoe, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.95825° or 54° 57′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.88464° or 1° 53′ 5″ westOperator
National TrustOpen location code
9C6WX458+74OpenStreetMap ID
way 788384719OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q5092532
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In Other Languages
“Cherryburn” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “チェリーバーン”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cherryburn”. Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.