Belford, Northumberland

Belford
High Street, Belford
Belford is located in Northumberland
Belford
Belford
Location within Northumberland
Population1,258 (2011)
OS grid referenceNU108339
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBELFORD
Postcode districtNE70
Dialling code01668
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
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55°35′53″N 1°49′41″W / 55.598°N 1.828°W / 55.598; -1.828

Belford is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, about halfway between Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed, a few miles inland from the east coast and just off the Great North Road, the A1. At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,055,[1] increasing to 1,258 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Belford is surrounded by rich pastoral farmland, and to the west of the village is found one of the better rock climbing locations in the county, Bowden Doors.

  1. ^ "Census 2001". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 June 2015.