Tranwell is a small village and former
civil parish, now in the parish of
Mitford, in the county of
Northumberland, England, about south west of
Morpeth. It lies alongside the
A1 road
A list of roads designated A1, sorted by alphabetical order of country.
* A01 highway (Afghanistan), a long ring road or beltway connecting Kabul, Kandahar, Herat and Mazar
* A1 motorway (Albania), connecting Durrës and Kukës
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which now bypasses Morpeth. Tranwell is approximately 15 miles from the Newcastle International Airport and over 3 miles away from Morpeth train station. The closest major city to Tranwell is
Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1951 the parish had a population of 154.
Governance
Tranwell is in the
parliamentary constituency of
Berwick-upon-Tweed and is represented in the UK Parliament by Anne Marie-Trevelyan. The parish was formed on 30 September 1894 from part of
Tranwell and High Church, on 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished and merged with Mitford.
See also
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Tranwell Airfield
Tranwell Airfield is a former airfield located southwest of Morpeth and north west of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England.
The former airfield is the site of the former Royal Air Force Station Morpeth or simply RAF Morpeth which wa ...
References
Villages in Northumberland
Former civil parishes in Northumberland
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