Viewpoints · Scottish Lowlands
Drake Stone
Drake Stone is a viewpoint in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Best time of year
- Clear days year-round
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Drake Stone is a named viewpoint in the Scottish Lowlands, marked on Ordnance Survey maps for its outlook. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency. Postcode area NE65.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Coquet and Coquet Valley Woodlands SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Harbottle Moors SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Stonekeep is a role-playing video game developed and released by Interplay Productions for the PC in 1995. It is a first-person dungeon crawler game with pre-rendered environments, digitized characters and live-action cinematic sequences. Repeatedly delayed, the game that was supposed to be finished in nine months took five years to make.
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- Coordinates
- 55.3337, -2.1267
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Harbottle
- Postcode
- NE65 7BB
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
Sources
- osm: n549141192 (ODbL)
- commons: DrakeStone.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- wikipedia: Drake (Stonekeep) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Drake Stone?
- Drake Stone is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode NE65 7BB), in the parish of Harbottle.
- Is Drake Stone a protected site?
- Yes — Drake Stone is part of the River Coquet and Coquet Valley Woodlands SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Harbottle Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Drake Stone free to visit?
- Yes, Drake Stone is free to enter.
- How do I get to Drake Stone?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE65 7BB. It sits within the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency.