Nether Denton
Parish in Cumberland, England
| Coordinates: | 54.962, -2.634 |
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| OS grid ref: | NY 59 63 |
| Dialling code: | 01697 (Brampton) |
Nether Denton is a small, quiet civil parish in the county of Cumberland, set in a patchwork of rolling pasture and stone-built farmsteads characteristic of the northern English border country. The landscape is gently undulating rather than dramatic, with scattered hamlets and lanes that give it a distinctly rural, agricultural feel.
Historically this is borderland with a long layering of Roman, medieval and later rural settlement, so local buildings and field patterns often reflect that past. The local economy is largely farming-based, with some residents commuting to nearby market towns such as Brampton or the city of Carlisle, and the parish benefits modestly from visitors drawn to nearby heritage landscapes, not least the remains of Hadrian’s Wall and the hill country of the North Pennines.
Postcode districts covering Nether Denton
Most populated places nearby
Neighbouring places
- Waterhead Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Upper Denton Parish 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Farlam Parish 2.6 miles4.3 km
- Burtholme Parish 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Gilsland Built-up area 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Midgeholme Parish 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Kingwater Parish 3.5 miles5.6 km
- Thirlwall Parish 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Brampton Built-up area 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Hartleyburn Parish 4.3 miles7 km
- Walton Parish 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Featherstone Parish 5.4 miles8.6 km
Example postcodes in Nether Denton
CA8 2LF, CA8 2JD, CA8 2LW, CA8 2LU, CA8 2LT, CA8 2LN, CA8 2LY, CA8 2JG, CA8 2LS … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 37.7 miles60.7 km
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 57.3 miles92.3 km
- Brampton 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Haltwhistle Railway Station 6.8 miles10.9 km
Hotels near Nether Denton Ad
- Farlam Hall Hotel & Restaurant 4 2.5 miles4 km
- Howard Arms 4.3 miles6.9 km
- The Sally 5 6.2 miles9.9 km
- The Fleece at Ruleholme 6.7 miles10.8 km
- Centre of Britain Hotel 3 7 miles11.3 km
- The Greenhead Hotel 3 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Crown Hotel Wetheral 4 9.6 miles15.4 km
Local points of interest
- Fanum Cocidi Archaeological site 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Vindolanda Archaeological site 11 miles17.7 km
- Chesterholm (Vindolanda museum) Museum 11.2 miles18 km
- Brunton Park Stadium 12 miles19.3 km
- Housesteads Roman Fort Archaeological site 12.6 miles20.2 km
- Carlisle Racecourse Recreation 13.8 miles22.2 km
- Inglewood Forest Forest 16.7 miles26.9 km
- Brocolitia Mithraic temple Archaeological site 17 miles27.4 km
- Brocolitia Roman Fort Archaeological site 17.1 miles27.5 km
- Kielder Forest and Water Forest 17.8 miles28.7 km
- Larriston Fells Hill 18 miles28.9 km