Chathill

Chathill
Chathill
	Chathill Railway Station
	Chathill Location within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NU185265
District	Berwick-upon-Tweed;
Shire county	Northumberland;
Region	North East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHATHILL
Postcode district	NE67
Dialling code	01665
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
UK Parliament	Berwick-upon-Tweed;
	List of places UK England Northumberland 55°31′55″N 1°42′29″W / 55.532°N 1.708°W

Chathill is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is about 9 miles (14 km) north of Alnwick and 3 miles (5 km) inland from the North Sea coast. It is served by Chathill railway station. It is on the main road serving Seahouses and the northern coast.

Chathill is home to Preston Pele Tower, built between 1392 and 1399. One of its former owners was Sir Guiscard Harbottle of Beamish, who was killed at the Battle of Flodden, who was also an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales. The tower has a clock, installed in 1864, which features mechanisms similar to Big Ben.^[1]

Governance

Chathill is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

References

^ "Preston Tower". www.prestontower.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

External links

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[1] "Preston Tower". www.prestontower.co.uk. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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