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Pegswood

Pegswood is a historic mining village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, and the site of the former Pegswood Colliery.

Pegswood
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The place

Pegswood is a historic mining village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, and the site of the former Pegswood Colliery. Pegswood is two miles (3 km) east of Morpeth and three miles (5 km) west of Ashington, with a population of around 3,280. Pegswood is on a small hill above the valley in which Morpeth is situated, close to the River Wansbeck and to the small stream Brocks Burn.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pegswood

10 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.

    1.4 km · Grade I listed castle in Ashington, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Morpeth Castle

    Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England. It has been restored by the Landmark Trust and is now available as a holiday rental home.

    3.3 km · Grade I listed castle in Morpeth, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Motte and bailey castle on Haw Hill

    Haw Hill or Ha' Hill is a mound and scheduled monument in Carlisle Park, Morpeth which was the site of a motte-and-bailey castle, being Morpeth's first castle. The castle was built by the de Merlay family in 1095, originally constructed as a wooden structure, being replaced later by a stone castle in the same location.

    3.3 km · motte-and-bailey castle in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    The Court House

    Morpeth Court is a former judicial structure on Castle Bank, Morpeth, Northumberland, England. The structure, which used to be the entrance block for a prison as well as the main courthouse for the area, is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.1 km · house in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St James the Great, Morpeth

    St James the Great, or St James' Church, is a Grade II* listed church in Morpeth, Northumberland. The entrance screen which allows access to the churchyard from Newgate Street is also separately Grade II* listed.

    3.1 km · church in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    The Town Hall

    Morpeth Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Morpeth, Northumberland, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Morpeth Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

    3.3 km · building in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Roman Catholic Church of St Robert

    St Robert of Newminster Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. It was built from 1848 to 1849 in the Early English Gothic style.

    3.3 km · church building in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Carlisle Park

    Carlisle Park is a park located on the southern bank of the River Wansbeck in Morpeth, Northumberland. The park has the William Turner Garden, an aviary, a paddling pool, an ancient woodland, tennis courts, several bowling greens and a skate park.

    3.4 km · park in Morpeth, Northumberland, England · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Morpeth Clock Tower

    Morpeth Clock Tower is a building located off the Market Place, Morpeth, England. The tower stands 60 ft high with walls 3 ft 6 in thick.

    3.3 km · famous landmark in Morpeth, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    St Mary's, High Church

    St Mary's, also known as St Mary the Virgin, is an ancient Church of England parish church located in Morpeth, Northumberland. It is situated to the south of the River Wansbeck in Morpeth, in an area of Morpeth known as High Church.

    3.8 km · church in Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Pegswood

Airports
Newcastle (NCL), 16 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 138 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 146 km
Stations
Morpeth railway station, 3.1 km · Pegswood railway station, 200 m · Longhirst railway station, 2.5 km
  • Ingliston, Edinburgh → Pegswood
    137 km · quickest by road, 2h 52m · £17–22
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Pegswood
    154 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £18–24
  • Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Pegswood
    191 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · £24–32
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Pegswood

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 Pegswood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    225 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    249 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    277 km
  4. 04
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    347 km
  5. 05
    The Small Isles - Eigg, Muck, Rum and CannaGB

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    353 km

If you know how people move in Pegswood – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Pegswood

Pegswood is 23 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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