Coordinates: 54°58′30″N 2°20′13″W / 54.975°N 2.337°W
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.png)  Bardon Mill
Bardon Mill shown within Northumberland |
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| Population | 364 (2001 census)[1] |
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| Unitary authority | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Hexham |
| Postcode district | NE47 |
| Dialling code | 01434 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | Hexham |
| List of places: UK • England • Northumberland | |
Bardon Mill is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the west of Haydon Bridge and Hexham, on the River South Tyne.
The local pub in Bardon Mill is the Bowes Hotel (pictured) which has recently come under new management and has been refurbished. Letting rooms and a full menu of home cooked food are available.
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Governance
Bardon Mill is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham.
Transport
- Rail
The town is served by Bardon Mill railway station on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, also known as the Tyne Valley Line. The line was opened in 1838, and links the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear with Carlisle in Cumbria. The line follows the course of the River Tyne through Northumberland.
Passenger services on the Tyne Valley Line are operated by Northern Rail and First ScotRail. The line is also heavily used for freight.
The station is on the south side of the village close by the River South Tyne.
- Road
The village is served by the A69 road, which is a major road running east-west across the Pennines, linking Newcastle upon Tyne with Carlisle in Cumbria.
Notable residents
Lilian Bowes-Lyon (1895 – 1949), was born and grew up at Ridley Hall, near Bardon Mill. She wrote many poems about Northumberland, including Allendale Dog and Northumbrian farm. She was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900 – 2002) — the widow of King George VI, and mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
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