Ashington

Worth seeing in and around Ashington

4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Bothal Castle

   Bothal Castle is a castle and stately home in the village of the same name near the River Wansbeck, between Morpeth and Ashington in the English county of Northumberland. The word "Bothal" is Old English for a dwelling, and may have referred to a particular dwelling or hall.

   3.7 km · Grade I listed castle in Ashington, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   St Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

   St Bartholomew's Church, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is the parish church of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. The building is part of the Diocese of Newcastle.

   4.2 km · Grade I listed church in Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ashington Town Hall

   Ashington Town Hall is a municipal building in Station Road in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Ashington Urban District Council until 1974, is now the base of Ashington Town Council.

   500 m · town hall in Ashington, Northumberland, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Northumberland College

   Northumberland College is a further education college based in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The present site opened in 1957, and became the County Technical College in 1961, transformed again in 1987, becoming the Northumberland College of Arts and Technology, and finally settled upon its current status in 1995.

   1.1 km · college in Northumberland, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Woodhorn Museum

   It's now a museum of local mining and the miners' lives.

2. 02
   Newbiggin Maritime Centre

   Displaying the fishing life of Newbiggin, with a restored coble and lifeboat.

From Wikivoyage: Ashington, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Ashington Leisure Centre is just north of the bus station. Beach: Newbiggin bay is sandy, but the water is chilly. Golf: Newbiggin GC is north side of that village. White tees 6529 yards, par 72. Others nearby are Longhirst Hall, Morpeth, Bedlington and Blyth. Hike: the Coastal Trail heads north from here via Amble to the Scottish border.

From Wikivoyage: Ashington, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Shaj Tandoori at

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Getting to Ashington

Airports

Newcastle (NCL), 18 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 142 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 146 km

Stations

Pegswood railway station, 4.8 km · Longhirst railway station, 4.3 km · Ashington railway station, 300 m · Blyth Bebside railway station, 6 km · Bedlington railway station, 4.5 km

• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Ashington

  141 km · quickest by road, 3h · £17–23
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Ashington

  154 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £17–23
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• Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Ashington

  196 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · £24–32
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ashington

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ashington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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