Parks · North East England
Countess Park railway station
Countess Park railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Andrew Curtis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Countess Park 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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From the Wikipedia article
Countess Park railway station served the village of Bellingham, Northumberland, England from 1859 to 1861, during the construction of the Border Counties Railway.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
About 14 mi north-west of Hexham, the station was built by the North British Railway (NBR) as an interim terminus for the Border Counties Railway. It opened on 1 December 1859, when a special train was run from to mark the occasion, arriving at 11.38 a.m. The station was situated on the south side of an unclassified road between Heugh and High Countess Park, the NBR providing a temporary platform with a run-around loop. It closed entirely on 1 February 1861, when the line was extended northwards to and Reedsmouth station opened, about a mile from Countess Park. The run-around loop was retained for some years in connection with the transport of sandstone from the nearby Mill Knock Quarry.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.1182, -2.2032
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Birtley
- Postcode
- NE48 3HR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q38251865 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Countess Park railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Countess Park railway station?
- Countess Park railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE48 3HR), in the parish of Birtley.
- Is Countess Park railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Countess Park railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Countess Park railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE48 3HR. It sits within the Hexham parliamentary constituency.