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The road drops steeply down to the village west of Crawley Farm. Just right of centre, East Hill, near Ingram, guards the exit of the River Breamish from its course in the Cheviot Hills. Behind (right to left) are Shill Moor, Cushat Law and Wether Cairn. Hedgehope Hill is to the right, and hides Cheviot behind. Old Fawdon Hill is the most prominent on the left.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.2km<br/>This bridge was on the Alnwick and Cornhill branch of the North East Railway which functioned from 1887 to 1953.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>With some very high-tech equipment.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>Further research needed but I think this building adjoining the Plough was the Blacksmiths. I prefer the possibility that this building could have been a blacksmiths, bearing in mind the history of The Plough Inn. Keystothepast mention it as a storage or outbuilding for the Plough Inn. http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N21851 Found it! There is a book published, Reflections, The Breamish Valley and Ingram, by Sarah Wilson, ISBN 0-9544777-6-6. On page 32 is a copyright photo of the blacksmiths with Billy Prosser, George Lillie (snr) and his brother Jack outside the forge at Powburn. Only 12 months but I found it!
©David Clark
Dist:0.3km<br/>Opposite the Plough public house, a flower bed with dying daffs, the bus shelter, former local authority housing and a seat in celebration of The Coronation of 1953
©David Clark
Dist:0.3km<br/>The burn next to the "Joiners hut" Powburn
©Gill Armory
Dist:0.3km<br/>The A687 is a busy alternative east coast route into Scotland.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>With Crawley Tower behind. Taken from square NU066
©David Clark
Dist:0.4km<br/>The A697 is to the left, crossing the Fawdon Burn (tributary of the River Breamish) on the bridge beyond the paddock. The houses beyond are adjacent to the road where it takes a sharp turn to the right.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.4km<br/>Crawley Tower and farm cottages
©Christine Westerback
Dist:0.4km<br/>Built around 1300 as either a tower house or solar house added on to a hall or house. The forerunner of the modern conservatory perhaps!
©Christine Westerback
Dist:0.5km<br/>The medieval seat of the Heron family. It was built in the mid 14th century but was in ruins by the mid 16th century. In the 18th century it was restored to provide cottage accommodation. It stands in a commanding position above the Breamish valley.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>This picture is looking virtually down the grid line; checking with Where's the Path the van and the house are both just in this square. This field is at the southern end of the lorry park and petrol station complex at Hedgeley station, on the former Alnwick to Wooler railway line. The station was financed by the Carr-Ellison family of Hedgeley Hall, a mile to the east. This meat delivery van is disused as well, and a correspondent (April 2012) tells me that it has now gone.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.5km<br/>Leading off the minor road to Beanley and Hedgeley Hall. The Bridleway follows the wood edge and the Pow Burn upstream into Powburn.
©David Clark
Dist:0.6km<br/>Planted to form an avenue along the field edge close to the minor road from Hedgeley station to Hedgeley Hall. They will eventually complement the trees in the pasture on the North side of the road. Only just inside this square.
©David Clark

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