Chollerford

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Chollerford
Chollerford shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NY918706
District	Tynedale
Shire county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEXHAM
Postcode district	NE46
Dialling code	01434
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
European Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Hexham
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

Coordinates: 55°01′48″N 2°07′41″W / 55.03, -2.128Chollerford is a village in Northumberland, England. It is situated approximately four miles (seven km) to the north of Hexham (via the A6079 road) on the B6318 road, not far from Hadrian's Wall. There is a roundabout in the village where the B6318 and B6320 roads meet, and a traffic light-controlled bridge across the North Tyne. Beside the river there is The George Hotel (owned by the Swallow Hotel group).

View of Chollerford from the east.

[edit] Early history

Hadrian's Wall, the most noted Roman monument in Britain, the course of which is situated near Chollerford, and the history of that wall as well as the Roman Stanegate form the earliest recorded history of the Chollerford vicinity. The extent of Hadrian's Wall was 117 kilometres, spanning the width of Britannia; the wall incorporated Agricola's Ditch^[1] and was constructed primarily to prevent harrying by small bands of raiders and unwanted immigration from the north, not as a fighting line for a major invasion.^[2]