Stocksfield
Stocksfield is a small village situated close to the River Tyne, about 14 miles (23 km) west of Newcastle upon Tyne in the southern part of Northumberland, England.
Stocksfield is a small village situated close to the River Tyne, about 14 miles (23 km) west of Newcastle upon Tyne in the southern part of Northumberland, England. There are several smaller communities within the parish of Stocksfield, including Branch End, New Ridley, Broomley, Hindley and the Painshawfield Estate. Other villages in Stocksfield's postal district include Bywell, Newton, Mickley, and Hedley on the Hill.
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Worth seeing in and around Stocksfield
5 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.
- 01Bywell Castle
Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
800 m · Grade I listed castle in Bywell, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Bywell Hall
Bywell Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house situated on the north bank of the River Tyne at Bywell, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
900 m · country house in Northumbria, UK · Wikipedia - 03Bywell Bridge
Bywell Bridge is a 19th-century stone bridge across the River Tyne. It is a Grade II listed building.
600 m · Grade II listed bridge in Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St Andrew's Church, Bywell
St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Bywell, Northumberland, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
800 m · Grade I listed church in Bywell, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Cherryburn
Cherryburn is a cottage in Mickley, Northumberland, England. It was the birthplace of Thomas Bewick, an English wood engraver and ornithologist.
2.2 km · 18th-century historic vernacular building in Mickley, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Stocksfield
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 17 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 121 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 144 km
- Stations
- Riding Mill railway station, 3.7 km · Prudhoe railway station, 3.7 km · Stocksfield railway station, 200 m
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Stocksfield129 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £15–20
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Stocksfield144 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £15–21
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Stocksfield164 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · £21–28
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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 Stocksfield
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 Stocksfield. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe Shields Ferry crosses the mouth of the Tyne between South Shields and North Shields every 30 mins, a seven-minute ride.
- Get aroundFoot passengers and bikes only; both ferry piers are served by the Metro.
- Get aroundThe Tees Transporter Bridge is a weird contraption: it's a gondola slung beneath a slender metal bridge that carries vehicles and others across the river between Middlesbrough (south bank) and Port Clarence, Stockton (north bank).
From Wikivoyage: North East England, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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If you know how people move in Stocksfield – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Stocksfield
Stocksfield is 19 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ovinghamvillage in Northumberland, England, UK3.7 km
- Bywellvillage and civil parish in Northumberland, England, UK1 km
- Ovingtonvillage and civil parish in Northumberland, United Kingdom2.2 km
- Mickleyvillage in Northumberland, England2.5 km
- Broomleyvillage in Northumberland, England, UK2.3 km
- Hedley on the Hillvillage in Northumberland, England, UK2.8 km