Belford | |
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High Street, Belford | |
Location within Northumberland | |
Population | 1,258 (2011) |
OS grid reference | NU108339 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | BELFORD |
Postcode district | NE70 |
Dialling code | 01668 |
Police | Northumbria |
Fire | Northumberland |
Ambulance | North East |
UK Parliament | |
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.