Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Brinkburn railway station
In or near Rothbury.
Brinkburn railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
David Clark — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Brinkburn railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Coquet and Coquet Valley Woodlands SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Brinkburn was a weatherboard- and corrugated-iron-built railway station in Northumberland on the Rothbury Branch built to serve the Healy Coate Colliery to which it was linked by a two-mile aerial ropeway.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In 1859 Parliament authorised the Wansbeck Railway Company to build the line from to . In 1862 the line from to opened. The next year the Northumberland Central Railway were authorised to construct a line from to Ford on the Berwick to Kelso line. They also were permitted to build a short branch line to Cornhill. Due to financial difficulties the line was to be built in stages starting with the section from to which was started in August 1869 and completed by November 1870. The North British Railway and the branch line became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923. In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963. Constructed to serve a…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.2910, -1.8640
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Brinkburn
- Postcode
- NE65 8JF
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
Sources
- wikidata: Q4968409 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Brinkburn railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Brinkburn railway station?
- Brinkburn railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE65 8JF), in the parish of Brinkburn.
- What is Brinkburn railway station?
- Brinkburn railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Brinkburn railway station?
- Drivers can use postcode NE65 8JF.
- Is Brinkburn railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Brinkburn railway station is part of the River Coquet and Coquet Valley Woodlands SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Brinkburn railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE65 8JF. It sits within the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency.