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Ancroft Destination Guide

Touring Ancroft in United Kingdom

Ancroft in the region of England is located in United Kingdom - some 300 mi or ( 482 km ) North of London , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Ancroft

Time in Ancroft is now 07:52 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Wooler, Westnewton, Sunderland, Sheffield, and Oxford. Being here already, consider visiting Wooler . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Ancroft ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Berwick Station-Big Flems Stag Do

1:03 min by basuwarrior
Views: 5371 Rating: 1.67

Over 50 monkeys return to berwick after flems stag do in edinburgh and chaos takes over this peacefull town 2007Arsenal | Aston Villa | Birmingham City | Blackburn Rovers | Bolton Wanderers | Chelsea ..

spittal beach, freezin.

2:14 min by chillis01289
Views: 2181 Rating: 5.00

spittal beach, freezin my nuts off ..


D9009 The Elizabethan

0:31 min by DoncasterRovers2
Views: 2139 Rating: 5.00

Deltic D9009 Alycidon roars over the Royal border bridge at Berwick with 'The Elizabethan' from Kings Cross to Edinburgh on 25th July 2012. Photo here...... www.flickr.com ..

Hovercraft trip from Berwick

4:00 min by john Robertson
Views: 1338 Rating: 5.00

Hovercraft trip from Berwick upon Tweed. Upriver to Coldstream then out along the North Sea coast. Hovercraft used were a Universal Hovercraft UH18 and a Sevtec Prospector ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Goswick rail crash

The Goswick rail crash occurred on 26 October 1947 near the village of Goswick, Northumberland, England. The Flying Scotsman express from Edinburgh Waverley to London Kings Cross failed to slow down for a diversion and derailed. 28 people were killed. It was the last major accident to occur on British railways before their nationalisation on 1 January 1948.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 55.71 -1.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 1947 in England, History of Northumberland, Rail transport in Northumberland, Railway accidents in 1947, Railway accidents in England

Barmoor Castle

Barmoor Castle is a privately owned 19th century country house built on an ancient site in Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building. As at 2008 the decaying building is officially listed on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 55.65 -2.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Buildings on the Buildings at Risk Register, Country houses in Northumberland, Grade II* listed buildings in Northumberland

Collette Hoard

The Collette Hoard was found in fields near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England by metal detectorist John Minns in April 2005. The hoard is named after Collette, the eight-year-old daughter of Minns, rather than the location it was found at, in order to keep the find location secret.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 55.77 -2.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 2003 in England, Archaeological sites in Northumberland, Metal detecting finds in England, Treasure troves in England, Treasure troves of Bronze Age Britain

Capture of Berwick (1318)

The Capture of Berwick was an event in the First War of Scottish Independence which took place in April 1318. Sir James Douglas, Lord of Douglas took the town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed from the English, who had controlled the town since 1296. Following the decisive Scots victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, the Scots had recovered all their strongholds, with the exception of Berwick.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 55.77 -2.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Battles between England and Scotland, Battles of the Wars of Scottish Independence, Conflicts in 1318, Sieges involving England, Sieges involving Scotland

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough

Berwick-upon-Tweed was a local government district and borough in Northumberland in the north-east of England, on the border with Scotland. The district had a resident population of 25,949 according to the 2001 census, which also notes that it is the most ethnically homogeneous in the country, with 99.6% of the population recording themselves in the 2001 census as White.

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Located at 55.77 -2.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Berwick-upon-Tweed, English districts abolished in 2009, Former non-metropolitan districts of Northumberland, Local government in Northumberland