Mines & mining heritage · North East England
Fontburn Halt railway station
In or near Nunnykirk.
Fontburn Halt railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Mick Garratt — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Fontburn Halt 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: Northumberland Shore SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Fontburn Halt was a weatherboard and corrugated-iron-built railway station in Northumberland, England, on the Rothbury Branch, built to serve the pre-existing Whitehouse lime works and later the Whitehouse Colliery, and quarries.
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 were also 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 In September 1952 passenger services were withdrawn and the line closed in November 1963.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…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.2430, -1.9224
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Nunnykirk
- Postcode
- NE61 4PR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q5465155 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Fontburn Halt railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fontburn Halt railway station?
- Fontburn Halt railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE61 4PR), in the parish of Nunnykirk.
- What is Fontburn Halt railway station?
- Fontburn Halt railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Fontburn Halt railway station?
- Drivers can use postcode NE61 4PR.
- Is Fontburn Halt railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Fontburn Halt railway station is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Fontburn Halt railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE61 4PR. It sits within the Hexham parliamentary constituency.