Great Whittington
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 Great Whittington
Great Whittington shown within Northumberland |
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| Population | 401 |
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| OS grid reference | NZ004708 |
| Unitary authority | Northumberland |
| Ceremonial county | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Postcode district | NE19 |
| Dialling code | 01434 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
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Great Whittington is a village in Northumberland, England, 7 miles NE of Hexham with a population of 401, as of the 2011 British Census[1] and an area of 1494 acres, most of which is used as farmland, with only 12 acres urbanized.
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Governance
Great Whittington is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.
History
Immediately north of Great Whittington, in a field west of the Unnamed Road leading to Matfen, lies Great Whittington Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post.[2] This was 1 of approx. 1,563 underground monitoring posts built all over the UK during the Cold War to monitor the effects of a Nuclear Strike. They were operated by the ROC who were mostly civilian volunteers. Great Whittington ROC post was opened in June 1962 and closed in September 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which saw the end of the Cold War.
Landmarks
The Devil's Causeway passes the village about 1 mile (2 km) to the west. The causeway is a Roman road which starts at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extends 55 miles (89 km) northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Transport
A bus service, used predominately for transporting pupils of Corbridge Middle School to and from school is used, but the area around Great Whittington is mostly farmland, with little use for any other method of transport.
Religious sites
A now de-consecrated Wesleyan church is founded on the northern side of the village green, distinguishable by a large cross above the door.
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/roc/db/988176917.html
- The Official Great Whittington Website greatwhittington
.com - Geanology archives ukga
.org /england /Northumberland /towns /GreatandLittleWhittington .html
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- Whittington, as seen from the south
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