Wooler

Wooler is a town in , on a lowland route into Scotland that skirts the , with a population of 2000 in 2021. "Situated in an ill-cultivated country under the influence of vast mountains, from whence it is subject to impetuous rains" was the Norman conquerors' dismal assessment of it in 1107.
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  • Type: Town with 1,980 residents
  • Description: town in Northumberland, England
  • Also known as: “Wooler, Northumberland”

Places of Interest

Highlights: St Ninian’s Catholic Church, Wooler and Wooler Library.

Church
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Ninian’s church is a place of worship…

Library
Photo: Barbara Carr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akeld and Earle.

Hamlet
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Wooler.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in county of , England.

Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The village and parish of are on the east… is situated 3 miles north of Wooler.

Wooler

Latitude
55.5459° or 55° 32′ 45″ north
Longitude
-2.0148° or 2° 0′ 53″ west
Population
1,980
Elevation
184 feet (56 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB WLR
Open location code
9C7VGXWP+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 293715839
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2633606
Wiki­data ID
Q2663783
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Wooler” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Wooler”
  • Basque: “Wooler”
  • Cebuano: “Wooler”
  • Czech: “Wooler”
  • Dutch: “Wooler”
  • French: “Wooler”
  • German: “Wooler”
  • Irish: “Wooler”
  • Italian: “Wooler”
  • Japanese: “ウーラー”
  • Ladin: “Wooler”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wooler (Northumberland)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wooler”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wooler”
  • Persian: “وولر”
  • Polish: “Wooler”
  • Romanian: “Wooler”
  • Russian: “Вулер”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Wooler”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وولر”
  • Swedish: “Wooler”
  • Tajik: “Вулер”
  • Turkish: “Wooler”
  • Ukrainian: “Вулер”
  • Urdu: “وولر”
  • Volapük: “Wooler”
  • Welsh: “Wooler”
  • “Wooler”

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