Bedlington
Bedlington is a town in the civil parish of West Bedlington, in Northumberland, England, with a population of 18,470 measured at the 2011 Census.

Bedlington is a town in the civil parish of West Bedlington, in Northumberland, England, with a population of 18,470 measured at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Bedlington
6 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.
- 01Bothal 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.
4.8 km · Grade I listed castle in Ashington, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Northumberlandia
Northumberlandia is a huge land art sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington, Northumberland, northern England. It is in the care of Northumberland Wildlife Trust.
5.2 km · land sculpture by Charles Jencks · Wikipedia - 03Plessey Woods Country Park
Plessey Woods is a country park situated on the north bank of the River Blyth, in Northumberland. The park is accessed from the A192 in the village of Hartford Bridge, north of Cramlington and south west of Bedlington.
2.6 km · park in Northumberland, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Hartford Hall
Hartford Hall, near Bedlington in Northumberland, is a building of historical significance that is Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1807 by William Burdon, a philosopher and wealthy landowner and remained in the Burdon family for the next 130 years.
2.2 km · house in West Bedlington, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Ashington 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.
6 km · town hall in Ashington, Northumberland, England · Wikipedia - 06Northumberland 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.
5.3 km · college in Northumberland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bedlington
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 12 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 141 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 144 km
- Stations
- Pegswood railway station, 5.9 km · Cramlington railway station, 4.9 km · Ashington railway station, 5.8 km · Blyth Bebside railway station, 2.6 km · Bedlington railway station, 2.3 km
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Bedlington148 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £17–22
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Bedlington143 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £17–23
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Bedlington195 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · £23–31
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bedlington
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 Bedlington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inGateshead Bus 19 runs hourly from North Shields pier (for South Shields ferry), taking an hour via Percy and Seaton Delaval.
From Wikivoyage: Cramlington, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Bedlington – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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Bedlington is 18 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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