Official Name: | Glanton |
Country: | England |
Region: | North East England |
Shire County: | Northumberland |
Shire District: | Alnwick |
Constituency Westminster: | Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Population: | 239 |
Population Ref: | (2011 census)[1] |
Post Town: | ALNWICK |
Postcode Area: | NE |
Postcode District: | NE66 |
Dial Code: | 01665 |
Os Grid Reference: | NU075145 |
Coordinates: | 55.424°N -1.883°W |
Static Image Name: | Village street - geograph.org.uk - 260893.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Glanton |
Glanton is a small rural village, in the county of Northumberland, England. Agriculture dominates the surrounding area.
Glanton is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. As a district, it is a part of the unitary authority of Northumberland.
The Devil's Causeway passes the eastern edge of the village. The causeway was a Roman road which started at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extended 55miles northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.