Falstone
| Falstone | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 The parish church of St Peter's, Falstone | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY723875 |
| Location: | 55°10’52"N, 2°26’6"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 257 (2011) |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE48 |
| Dialling code: | 01434 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Falstone is a small village in Northumberland, in the Kielder Forest in the north of the county, sitting beside the River North Tyne just below the dam where the North Tyne emerges from Kielder Water.
The village is eight miles from the Roxburghshire boundary and about the same from Cumberland.
The name Falstone means "speckled stone".[1]
Falstone holds a popular annual agricultural show.[2]
Transport
Falstone was once served by Falstone railway station on the Border Counties Railway which linked the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, near Hexham, with the Border Union Railway at Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between Hexham and Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by British Railways in 1956, and part of the line now lies beneath Kielder Water.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Falstone) |
References
- ↑ Rowland, T. H. (1994). Waters of Tyne (Reprint ed.). Warkworth, Northumberland: Sandhill Press Ltd. ISBN 0-946098-36-0.
- ↑ http://www.falstoneshow.co.uk/
