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Great Whittington
Great Whittington in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Great Whittington 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
Great Whittington is a village in the civil parish of Whittington, in Northumberland, England, 7 miles NE of Hexham. In 2011 it had a population of 401.
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Background
History
Immediately north of Great Whittington, in a field west of the Unnamed Road leading to Matfen, lies Great Whittington Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post. This was 1 of approx. 1,563 underground monitoring posts built all over the UK during the Cold War to monitor the effects of a Nuclear Strike. They were operated by the ROC who were mostly civilian volunteers. Great Whittington ROC post was opened in June 1962 and closed in September 1992 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which saw the end of the Cold War.
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- Coordinates
- 55.0310, -1.9930
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Whittington
- Postcode
- NE19 2HS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q5600250 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Great Whittington (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Great Whittington?
- Great Whittington is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0310°, -1.9930°.