The A697 is a road that can be used an alternative to the A1 for those travelling between

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and

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via the North East.

Route

It connects

Morpeth Morpeth may refer to: *Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia ** Electoral district of Morpeth, a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales * Morpeth, Ontario, Canada * Morpeth, Northumberland, England, UK ** Morpeth (UK ...

on the A1 to the A68 at Oxton, near

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. The road runs via

Wooler Wooler ( ) is a small town in Northumberland, England. It lies on the edge of the Northumberland National Park, near the Cheviot Hills. It is a popular base for walkers and is referred to as the "Gateway to the Cheviots". As well as many shops ...

and

Coldstream Coldstream ( gd, An Sruthan Fuar , sco, Caustrim) is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A former burgh, Coldstream is the home of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army. Description Coldstream l ...

, and passes through a largely

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area of the

Scottish Borders The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lothi ...

Devil's Causeway

Stretches of the route overlay the Devil's Causeway, a

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Speed

The A697 is around shorter and an average time of 23 minutes quicker than travelling up the A1, according to figures from the RAC route planner.

Settlements on route

The road runs through *

* Espley *

Longhorsley Longhorsley is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Morpeth, and about south of Alnwick. The A697 road passes through the village linking it with Morpeth, Wooler and Coldstream in Scotland. There are 8 "Streets" in Longhorsl ...

* Weldon *

Longframlington Longframlington is a small village in Northumberland, England, located on the A697, north-west of Morpeth and south-east of Rothbury. Longframlington is a former pit village and on the site of the pit now stands Fram Park, a log cabin holiday ...

* Thrunton *

Powburn Powburn is a small village on the A697 in Northumberland, England about south of Wooler and northwest of Alnwick. Landmarks The Devil's Causeway passes through the village and continues north under the A697 road crossing the River Till. The ...

* Wooperton *

Haugh Head Haugh may refer to: People *David Haugh, American sports journalist *Gabrielle Haugh, American actress * John Haugh, Irish hurler * Kevin Haugh, Irish barrister and judge who served as the Attorney General of Ireland * Mark Haugh, former lead gui ...

Low Humbleton Low or LOW or lows, may refer to: People * Low (surname), listing people surnamed Low Places * Low, Quebec, Canada * Low, Utah, United States * Lo Wu station (MTR code LOW), Hong Kong; a rail station * Salzburg Airport (ICAO airport code: LO ...

Akeld Akeld is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated around to the west of Wooler and from the border with Scotland at Coldstream. The village lies on the northern limit of Northumberland National Park and on the foo ...

Milfield Milfield is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Wooler. The A697 road passes through the village. History Milfield is the likely location of the Northumbrian royal settlement of Maelmin, given "mael" is a Brythonic word ...

* Crookham *

Cornhill on Tweed Cornhill-on-Tweed is a small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England about to the east of Coldstream, Scotland. The hamlets of West Learmouth and East Learmouth are located to the south and west of the village respectively. Histor ...

Orange Lane Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower * Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum ...

Greenlaw Greenlaw is a town and civil parishes in Scotland, civil parish situated in the foothills of the Lammermuir Hills on Blackadder Water at the junction of the A697 and the A6105 in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. At the 2001 United Kingd ...

Houndslow Houndslow is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. It is situated on the A697, about west of Greenlaw, and north-east of Gordon. Immediately to the south is the former village of Bassendean, with the 17th-century Bassendean Hou ...

Thirlestane Thirlestane Castle is a castle set in extensive parklands near Lauder in the Borders of Scotland. The site is aptly named Castle Hill, as it stands upon raised ground. However, the raised land is within Lauderdale, the valley of the Leader Wate ...

* Oxton

References

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