Kirkhaugh

Kirkhaugh
Kirkhaugh
	; River South Tyne from Kirkhaugh Bridge
	Kirkhaugh Location within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NY696499
Unitary authority	Northumberland;
Ceremonial county	Northumberland;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ALSTON
Postcode district	CA9
Dialling code	01434
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Hexham;
	List of places UK England Northumberland 54°50′35″N 2°28′23″W / 54.843°N 2.473°WCoordinates: 54°50′35″N 2°28′23″W / 54.843°N 2.473°W

Kirkhaugh is a very small village adjacent to the River South Tyne in Northumberland, England. The village lies close to the A689 road north of Alston, Cumbria.

Governance[]

Kirkhaugh is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

Railways[]

Although the Standard Gauge Alston Line from Haltwhistle to Alston passed through Kirkhaugh, there was no station here when normal British Rail passenger services operated. The line opened in 1852 and closed in 1976.

Since 1983 a narrow-gauge railway has opened on part of the original trackbed. The railway, known as the South Tynedale Railway, is a 2-foot (0.61 m) gauge line and runs 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from Alston to a station at Kirkhaugh, and includes a viaduct over the River South Tyne. Efforts are being made to extend the line north to Slaggyford.

Religious sites[]

The church, rebuilt in 1869, is thought to be the only English church dedicated to the Holy Paraclete (that is, the Holy Spirit).^[1]

Church and old Rectory at Kirkhaugh, Northumberland February 2014

References[]

^ (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 105. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.

External links[]

Media related to Kirkhaugh at Wikimedia Commons

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[Purves-1] (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. p. 105. ISBN 0-7524-4071-3. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016.

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