Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team
Ponteland. The Team's Home Base
Ponteland is a village situated in Castle Morpeth, Northumberland, just North of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
The name means island in the Pont (the river which flows through the village), as the area consisted of a small piece of
solid ground around St. Mary's church and the old bridge, surrounded by marshland.
This marshland is now drained, with housing built on top of it. The Pont river joins the Blyth river further downstream.
Ponteland is notable for its Peel or Pele tower, the Diamond Inn, its bridge, and the churches of St Mary's and St Matthew's. It is also notable for an affluent residential area, Darras Hall. Ponteland previously boasted a small castle, which was destroyed by the Scottish army under the Earl of Douglas the day before the Battle of Otterburn[1]. The Blackbird Inn now stands on most of the site and is rumoured to contain an old tunnel connecting it to St Mary's church. The tunnel is supposedly bricked up behind the fireplace in The Tunnel Room.
Ponteland is also the home of the Northumbria Police force HQ.
Ponteland is notable for its Peel or Pele tower, the Diamond Inn, its bridge, and the churches of St Mary's and St Matthew's. It is also notable for an affluent residential area, Darras Hall. Ponteland previously boasted a small castle, which was destroyed by the Scottish army under the Earl of Douglas the day before the Battle of Otterburn[1]. The Blackbird Inn now stands on most of the site and is rumoured to contain an old tunnel connecting it to St Mary's church. The tunnel is supposedly bricked up behind the fireplace in The Tunnel Room.
Ponteland is also the home of the Northumbria Police force HQ.
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