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Corbridge
Village in Northumberland, England

Corbridge

Corbridge is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 16 miles (26 km) west of Newcastle and 4 miles (6 km) east of Hexham.

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In 2011 the parish had a population of 3672. Villages nearby include Halton, Acomb, Aydon and Sandhoe.

Get in

Getting to Corbridge

Newcastle Airport (NCL IATA) is at Ponteland 20 miles northeast: take the Metro to city centre for buses and trains to Corbridge. In 2023 a taxi might be £45. Trains run hourly from Newcastle upon Tyne, taking 35 min via Metrocentre and Prudhoe, and continuing west to Hexham. These trains usually start from Nunthorpe near Middlesbrough. The Morpeth-Newcastle-Carlisle trains seldom stop here.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    St Andrews Church is central

    The church was first erected by monks of Hexham Abbey in 676 AD and some Saxon components remain, plus a hotchpotch of later styles.

  2. 02
    Corbridge Roman Town

    The first Roman fort here was built in 84 AD as they pushed north against the Picts.

  3. 03
    Old Potteries
  4. 04
    Aydon Castle

    Substantial 13th-century mansion, retro-fitted as a defensive tower when the threat from Scotland grew.

Do

Things to do

Hadrian's Wall Path is a grassy trail across the fields following the vallum, the ditch and embankment. The wall masonry hereabouts has long ago been taken for other buildings. Northumberland County Show is held in late May at Bywell six miles east, see Prudhoe. Corbridge Steam Rally is in June on Tynedale Park. Corbridge Music Festival is usually at the end of June, but it's been on hold since 2019.

Eat

Where to eat

Corbridge Tandoori in Market Place gets mixed reviews. It's open daily 5-11PM. Corbridge Larder is a deli cafe at

How locals move

Getting around Corbridge the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-07.

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