Sinderhope
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| Sinderhope | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1585663.jpg) East Allen Dale at Sinderhope | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY845515 |
| Location: | 54°51’29"N, 2°14’35"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hexham |
| Postcode: | NE47 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hexham |
Sinderhope is a village situated on the east Allen Valley in south-west Northumberland. The population is spread over farms in an area approximately 25 square miles. The population is around 80. The mainstay of employment is sheep-farming.
Wildlife is plentiful with black grouse, capercaillie, whimbrel and curlew.
The local beauty spot is a ford with wild flowers and a wood. The area is known as "Old Man's Bottom" for reasons that are unknown.
The whole area is part of the ‘North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’.
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