Kielder Village

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Kielder Village is a small settlement in Northumberland, England. Located at the head of Kielder Water and in the north west of Kielder Forest, the village is two miles from the Scottish border.

[edit] History

Early settlement around Kielder Castle, a hunting lodge built by the Duke of Northumberland in 1775. Previous settlements were expanded in the 1950s by the Forestry Commission who constructed housing to accommodate the workers employed in the planting of Kielder Forest. Most of this housing has now been sold back to the private sector.