Historic houses · North East England
Westhall
In or near Belford.
Westhall in England North East, United Kingdom.
Graham Robson — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Westhall 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
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Northumberland Coast
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Westhall is a privately owned 19th-century castellated house at Belford in Northumberland, England now in use as a farm. It is on a site with older historical associations.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Westhall Farm, a little to the north-west of the town and approached by a lane from the Wooler road, is the site of a fortified house that was surrounded by a moat, mentioned in a 15th-century document as the Castrum de Belford. The present house was built in 1837 in a castellated Gothic style.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.5997, -1.8370
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Belford
- Postcode
- NE70 7QQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
- Established
- 1837
Sources
- wikidata: Q26527225 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Westhall, Northumberland (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westhall?
- Westhall is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE70 7QQ), in the parish of Belford.
- What is Westhall?
- Westhall in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Westhall?
- Drivers can use postcode NE70 7QQ.
- When was Westhall built?
- Built or established in 1837.
- Is Westhall a protected site?
- Yes — Westhall is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Northumberland Coast National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Westhall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE70 7QQ. It sits within the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency.