Stonehaugh is a small settlement in

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about west of

Wark on Tyne Wark on Tyne or Wark is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, north of Hexham. History The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for earthworks, and refers to the mound at the south of the village. Wark was once the capit ...

and 4

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s (6 km) north of

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. It was purpose-built for housing forestry workers in the 1950s. Mechanization has reduced the necessity for such concentrated workforce, so the modern population is more diverse. It is located at the edge of the

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, and the

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68 (the Pennine Cycleway) passes through it. It was called one of the UK's best national park campsites by

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, and a local artist's

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s grace the local picnic area.

Governance

Stonehaugh is in the

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constituency of

Hexham Hexham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne, formed by the confluence of the North Tyne and the South Tyne at Warden nearby, and close to Hadrian's Wall. Hexham was the administra ...

. Joe Morris of the Labour Party is the Member of Parliament. Before

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, for the

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its residents voted to elect MEPs for the

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constituency. For

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purposes, it belongs to

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. Stonehaugh has its own parish council; ''Wark Parish Council.''

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