Historic houses · North East England
County Hall
In or near Mitford.
County Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
Robert Graham — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Morpeth · 1.1 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
County Hall 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: Northumberland Shore SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
County Hall is a municipal building in Morpeth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. It is the offices and meeting place of Northumberland County Council. The current building was completed in April 1981, after the county hall was moved from the old county hall in Newcastle. A statue of a Viking Warrior stands outside the building and was moved there from Doxford Hall.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
For much of the 20th century County Hall was situated within an exclave of Northumberland (in the Moot Hall precincts) within the county borough of Newcastle upon Tyne; the area became part of the county of Tyne and Wear in 1974 and was thus extraterritorial to the county of Northumberland. After deciding that this arrangement was unsatisfactory, county leaders chose to procure a new purpose-built county headquarters within the territorial limits of the county: the site selected in Morpeth had previously been agricultural land. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 6 April 1979. It was designed in the modern style and was opened on 21…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.1529, -1.6840
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Morpeth
- Postcode
- NE61 9TA
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
- Established
- 1981
- Nearest railway station
- Morpeth — 1.1 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q55139255 (CC0)
- wikipedia: County Hall, Morpeth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is County Hall?
- County Hall is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE61 9TA), in the parish of Morpeth.
- What is County Hall?
- County Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to County Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Morpeth, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE61 9TA.
- When was County Hall built?
- Built or established in 1981.
- Is County Hall a protected site?
- Yes — County Hall is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to County Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Morpeth, about 1.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE61 9TA.