Felton, Northumberland
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| Statistics | ||
| Population: | est.2,000 | |
| Ordnance Survey | ||
| OS grid reference: | NU185005 | |
| Administration | ||
| District: | Alnwick | |
| Shire county: | Northumberland | |
| Region: | North East England | |
| Constituent country: | England | |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom | |
| Other | ||
| Ceremonial county: | Northumberland | |
| Historic county: | Northumberland | |
| Services | ||
| Police force: | Northumbria Police | |
| Fire and rescue: | {{{Fire}}} | |
| Ambulance: | North East | |
| Post office and telephone | ||
| Post town: | Morpeth | |
| Postal district: | NE65 | |
| Dialling code: | 01670 | |
| Politics | ||
| UK Parliament: | Berwick-upon-Tweed | |
| European Parliament: | North East England | |
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Felton is a small village in north Northumberland in North East England. Felton is situated about 10 miles south of the town of Alnwick, and 9 miles north of Morpeth. The nearest city is Newcastle upon Tyne (30 miles away) and the Scottish border is about an hour away.
Felton hit the world's press in the summer of 2006 as the home of a "giant" rabbit, famed for its voracious appetite.
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[edit] Education
Felton has one school. This is a first school and serves children between the age of 3 to 9. Once children have finished here they feed into the Middle School in Alnwick.
[edit] Communications
[edit] Road
Felton lies adjacent to the A1, the main national north/south trunk road, providing easy access to Newcastle upon Tyne (24 miles south) and to the Scottish capital Edinburgh (100 miles north).
[edit] Rail
The main East Coast railway link between Edinburgh (journey time approximately 1:10) and London (journey time approximately 3:45) runs via the nearby Alnmouth for Alnwick Station, with a weekday service of 15 trains per day north to Edinburgh and 13 trains per day south to London.
[edit] Air
Newcastle Airport lies around 45 minutes drive-time away, and provides 19 daily flights to London (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and London City), with regular flights to other UK centres. The airport also operates regular flights to many European destinations, along with destinations in Africa and North America.
