Branxton, Northumberland

Branxton
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.
Branxton is located in Northumberland
Branxton
Branxton
Location within Northumberland
Population123 (2011)
OS grid referenceNT895375
Civil parish
  • Branxton
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCORNHILL-ON-TWEED
Postcode districtTD12
Dialling code01890
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northumberland
55°37′51″N 2°10′06″W / 55.6309°N 2.1683°W / 55.6309; -2.1683

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]

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Census 2001". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2009.