Kirkheaton, Northumberland



Kirkheaton is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies about north east of Hexham and about west of Belsay.

Governance

Kirkheaton is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.

Landmarks

Kirkheaton has a Pele tower.
The Devil's Causeway passes the village just over to the east. The causeway is a Roman road which starts at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extends northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Religious sites

The church is dedicated to St Bartholomew. The chapel was rebuilt in 1775, at the expense of Mrs. H. D. Windsor, at that time lady of the manor.