Riding Mill

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Riding Mill
Riding Mill shown within Northumberland
OS grid reference	NZ015615
District	Tynedale
Shire county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RIDING MILL
Postcode district	NE44
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: 54°56′53″N 1°58′41″W / 54.948, -1.978

Riding Mill is a village near Hexham in Northumberland, England. It is served by Riding Mill railway station and 602 bus route from Hexham to Newcastle.

Riding Mill is notable as the location of Riding Mill pumping station. Up until here the water released from Kielder Water uses the River Tyne but at Riding Mill it is pumped over the hills to Teesside as well as to the rest of Tyne and Wear. The only remaining village pub is 'The Wellington' as the two others have closed (The Railway and the The Broomhaugh).

Until 2006 there was a Post Office on the main road. Bobby's General Stores remains open for business.

As you leave the village heading towards Hexham, Hollin Hill Terrace is situated on the left. Very little information is available on these eight dwellings but they are a fine example of Victorian architecture. This terrace was not shown on maps of the area prior to 1850, but appear on a map dated between 1850/1894.

[edit] Notable Residents

Lilian Bowes-Lyon - (1895 - 1949)

A cousin of the late Queen Mother, Lilian Bowes Lyon was born and grew up at Ridley Hall, near Riding Mill. She wrote much of Northumberland, and poem titles include 'Allendale Dog' and 'Northumbrian farm'.

Tom Graveney - England test cricketer

External Links

Riding Mill Parish Council web site

Broomhaugh First School web site