| Official Name: | Kirkhaugh |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | North East England |
| Post Town: | ALSTON |
| Postcode Area: | CA |
| Postcode District: | CA9 |
| Dial Code: | 01434 |
| Os Grid Reference: | NY696499 |
| Coordinates: | 54.843°N -2.473°W |
| Static Image: | River South Tyne - Geograph-2371421-by-Peter-McDermott.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 240px |
| Static Image Caption: | River South Tyne from Kirkhaugh Bridge |
Kirkhaugh is a very small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh, adjacent to the River South Tyne in Northumberland, England. The village lies close to the A689 road north of Alston, Cumbria. In 1951 the parish had a population of 79.[1]
Kirkhaugh is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham. On 1 April 1955 the parish was abolished to form Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh.[2]
Although the Standard Gauge Alston Line from Haltwhistle to Alston passed through Kirkhaugh, there was no station here when normal British Rail passenger services operated. The line opened in 1852 and closed in 1976.
Since 1983 a narrow-gauge railway has opened on part of the original trackbed. The railway, known as the South Tynedale Railway, is a 2feet gauge line and runs from Alston to Slaggyford, through a station at Kirkhaugh, and includes a viaduct over the River South Tyne.
The church, rebuilt in 1869, is thought to be the only English church dedicated to the Holy Paraclete (that is, the Holy Spirit).[3]
. Geoffrey Purves . Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland . Tempus Publishing Limited . 2006 . Stroud, Gloucestershire, England . 105 . 0-7524-4071-3 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160113050749/http://tempus-publishing.com/ . 2016-01-13.