Felton, Northumberland
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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 (24 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. Felton has two bridges crossing the River Coquet. One is very old (approx 500 years), and the other was built in 1926. The older bridge is closed to traffic, and is often used for village events. For the millennium New Year all the villagers met there, this has happened with less frequency since then. Every year Felton has a fair and a fun run around the village, if you compete you get a t-shirt.
Felton has two shops; one a newsagents and coffee shop and the other a post office and groceries. It also has a hairdressers and doctors. There is a magazine that is publshed 6 times a year.
The week before Christmas there is carol singing on the bridge with the electricity for lighting kindly provided by a local resident.
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[edit] Education
Felton has one school. This is a first school and serves children between the ages of 3 to 9. Once children have finished here they feed into the Middle School in Alnwick. Then into the high 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.
