Otterburn
Otterburn is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne on the banks of the River Rede, near its confluence with the Otter Burn, from which the village derives its name.
Otterburn is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne on the banks of the River Rede, near its confluence with the Otter Burn, from which the village derives its name. It lies within the Cheviot Hills about 16 miles (26 km) from the Scottish border. The parish of Otterburn is at the heart of Redesdale, a Northumbrian upland valley. In 2011 the parish had a population of 654.
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Worth seeing in and around Otterburn
3 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.
- 01Otterburn Tower
Otterburn Tower is a Grade II listed castellated, three star country house hotel in Otterburn, Northumberland. It is set in 32 acres of deer park and woodland in the Northumberland National Park in northeastern England.
500 m · Grade II listed castellated, three star country house hotel in Otterburn, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Percy Cross
The Percy Cross is located just off the A696, 1 kilometre from Otterburn, Northumberland, England. It was erected before 1400 to commemorate the Battle of Otterburn, which took place in 1388, and takes its name from Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland whose two sons took part in the battle.
800 m · memorial in Otterburn, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St John the Evangelist's Church, Otterburn
St John the Evangelist's Church is a church in Otterburn, Northumberland, northeast England, located off the A696 road.
400 m · church in Otterburn, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Otterburn
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 38 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 109 km · Glasgow Prestwick (PIK), 154 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Otterburn108 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £12–15
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Otterburn156 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · £21–28
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Otterburn48 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · £6–8
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No local-transport research exists yet for Otterburn
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 Otterburn. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Otterburn – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Otterburn
Otterburn is 46 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.