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Branxton | |
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Flodden Field, looking south-south-east from the monument erected in 1910. The Scottish army advanced down the ploughed field and the English army down the grassy field in the foreground; presumably, they met at the valley boundary between the two fields. | |
Location within Northumberland | |
Population | 123 (2011) |
OS grid reference | NT895375 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CORNHILL-ON-TWEED |
Postcode district | TD12 |
Dialling code | 01890 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Northumberland |
Ambulance | North East |
UK Parliament | |
Branxton is a village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England. It lies about 3 miles (5 km) from the England-Scotland border and about 4 miles (6 km) from the Scottish border town of Coldstream, just off the A697 Newcastle-Edinburgh road. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 123,[1] increasing slightly from 121 at the 2001 Census.[2]