Widdrington Station and Stobswood is a

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in the county of Northumberland, England. It has 2,767 (as of 2011) and is north-northeast of

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. It includes the settlements of ''Widdrington Station'' and ''Stobswood''.

History

Etymology

As the name suggests, Widdrington Station has a

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. This is on the East Coast Main Line.

Geography

Coal for Cambois approaching Widdrington Station - geograph

The soil is a strong clay, producing fine crops of wheat and beans, and the surface is generally level, rising more steeply to AOD to the far west of the parish and with a gentle elevation towards the old village, which commands extensive views in every direction, and the area around which formerly abounded in wood. On the horizon from here is the sea. Fields are extensively farmed, some of which are pasture, and there are remains to the west of a quarry of freestone, active in 1848. The population is spread over a large area with a density of approximately 0.7 persons per hectare which is average across the entire region. Druridge Bay

Education

Widdrington's educational provision includes a state-assisted

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, voluntary controlled by the local

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, supported by the

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Localities

Stobswood

Included in the parish name and boundaries is the neighbourhood of Stobswood, north-west, across the green

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of Grange Wood. Stobswood has a population of around 120. The majority of the housing in Stobswood was built in support of the railway and the defunct brickworks that previously operated just to the east of the railway line. Stobswood Miners Welfare is the local pub for Stobswood, which hosts two Saturday football teams, Stobswood Welfare A.F.C and a newly formed Stobswood Welfare A.F.C Reserve team. It also hosts 3 Senior Cricket teams, 2 sides playing on a Saturday and a midweek side playing on a Thursday, all playing in the Northumberland & Tyneside Cricket League.

Local Government

Widdrington Station and Stobswood lie within the Ulgham

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of the county-wide unitary county,

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. Its county councillor is Cllr David J. Towns (

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) and the villages fall within the

Druridge Bay Druridge Bay is a long bay on the North Sea in Northumberland, England, stretching from Amble in the north to Cresswell in the south. Druridge Bay Country Park is situated on the bay, and part of the bay (the section near the farmstead of Dru ...

Community Forum and the Northern Area Committee jurisdictions of the Council.

Transport

;Roads west of the station at the village centre is the A1, at a higher elevation throughout, and east of the station is the A1068 about one third of the distance between Druridge Bay and the village centre. Both are north–south routes, with the dualled route heading north being the A1. ;Trains A morning and evening train stops in each direction allowing commuting if working relatively long days to Morpeth or Newcastle with a journey time respectively of: 9 minutes and 31–35 minutes. ;Buses An express bus route, the X18 connects to the town centres of Newcastle, Morpeth to the south via the village to four to the north: Amble, Walkworth, Alnmouth, Alnwick. Other bus routes are the: *20/X20, from

Ashington Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the ...

and Lynemouth via the village to four northern towns mentioned. *1 which starts here and connects nearby Cresswell on

, then continuing to the coastal town of Blyth, via Ashington. All three are operated by Arriva.Northumberland County Council – Buses
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References

External links

General description
''Morpeth Today''
Local Plan
''Northumbria County Council'' * for Widdrington Station * for Stobswood

(accessed: 10 November 2008)

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