Woodhorn
Woodhorn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newbiggin by the Sea, in Northumberland, England, about 2 miles (3 km) east of Ashington.
Woodhorn is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Newbiggin by the Sea, in Northumberland, England, about 2 miles (3 km) east of Ashington. In 1931 the parish had a population of 219. The village is sometimes identified with Wucestre, given to St Cuthbert by King Ceolwulf when he gave up his throne in 737 to become a monk at Lindisfarne. A medieval bell at Woodhorn, inscribed "Ave Maria", is said to be one of the oldest in existence.
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Worth seeing in and around Woodhorn
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.
- 01St 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.
2.3 km · Grade I listed church in Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Ashington 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.
2.4 km · town hall in Ashington, Northumberland, England · Wikipedia - 03Northumberland 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.
2.2 km · college in Northumberland, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Woodhorn
- Airports
- Newcastle (NCL), 19 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 143 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 147 km
- Stations
- Ashington railway station, 2.4 km
- Ingliston, Edinburgh → Woodhorn142 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £17–23
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Woodhorn155 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £17–23
- Prestwick, South Ayrshire → Woodhorn197 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · £24–32
- 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 Woodhorn
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 Woodhorn. 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.
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Next door to Woodhorn
Woodhorn is 24 km from Newcastle upon Tyne, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Ellingtonvillage in Northumberland, United Kingdom3.9 km