The A696 is a major road in

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, that runs from Otterburn in

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Route

The A696 begins at a junction with the

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(to

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and

Corbridge Corbridge is a village in Northumberland, England, west of Newcastle and east of Hexham. Villages nearby include Halton, Acomb, Aydon and Sandhoe. Etymology Corbridge was known to the Romans as something like ''Corstopitum'' or ''Coriosopit ...

). It heads in a south-easterly direction through the village of Otterburn, and then past

Kirkwhelpington Kirkwhelpington is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland about northeast of Hexham. It is on the River Wansbeck alongside the A696 trunk road between Otterburn and Ponteland. History Kirkwhelpington has mediev ...

. It meets the B6342 road (to

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) and then goes through the village of

Belsay Belsay is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village is about 5 miles from Ponteland on the A696, which links the village with Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh. The population of the civil parish was 436 at the 2001 censu ...

and the small town of

Ponteland Ponteland ( ) is a large village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, north of Newcastle upon Tyne. The name means "island in the Pont", after the River Pont which flows from west to east and joins the River Blyth further downstream, be ...

. The A696 becomes

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standard just before passing

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, with the junctions after the airport all being

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. The A696 terminates at a

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with the

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(to

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) and the

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(into Newcastle city centre).

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