Wall is a village in
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey.
It is bordered by land ...
, England situated to the north of
Hexham close by the
River North Tyne
The River Tyne is a river in North East England. Its length (excluding tributaries) is . It is formed by the North Tyne and the South Tyne, which converge at Warden Rock near Hexham in Northumberland at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Wat ...
and
Hadrian's Wall. The
Battle of Heavenfield was fought nearby. The village has one pub and a garage.
Governance
Wall is in the
parliamentary
A parliamentary system, or parliamentarian democracy, is a system of democratic governance of a state (or subordinate entity) where the executive derives its democratic legitimacy from its ability to command the support ("confidence") of the ...
constituency of
Hexham.
Transport
Wall was served by
Wall railway station on the
Border Counties Railway which linked the
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
The Newcastle & Carlisle Railway (N&CR) was an English railway company formed in 1825 that built a line from Newcastle upon Tyne on Britain's east coast, to Carlisle, on the west coast. The railway began operating mineral trains in 1834 between ...
, near
Hexham, with the
Border Union Railway at
Riccarton Junction. The first section of the route was opened between
Hexham and
Chollerford in 1858, the remainder opening in 1862. The line was closed to passengers by
British Railways in 1956.
The station, and signal box, still stands and is now in use as a private house.
References
Villages in Northumberland
Civil parishes in Northumberland
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