An introduction to Hartleyburn

Far horizons and long vistas await walkers on the paths, byways and fells in a parish extending about 5 square miles. The main centre of population is Halton Lea Gate, a former pit village. Hartleyburn derives from the combination of Old English and Old Scandinavian for “a stream near the high meadow frequented by hartes (or stags)” and Halton Lea Gate from the 12th century “a farmstead at the look out gate”.

Halton Lea Gate, 22 miles from Hexham, offers the visitor a small supermarket (a former colliery shop), a post office and newsagent and has a Methodist chapel. The village is served by buses on route 680, from Alston to Carlisle (17 miles) and route 681 from Alston to Haltwhistle.

There is a mixture of property in the village including traditional stone built houses and “Leaside” a former council estate, the outlying countryside has stone farm houses, many with converted outbuildings. Tourism has long replaced mining and quarrying as the main local activity.

Selected Links

• The Hexham Courant [http://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/]
• Northumberland County Council [http://www.northumberland.gov.uk]
• Northumberland Tourist Board [http://www.ntb.org.uk]

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