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United Kingdom : England

2.1 km (1.3 miles) NNW of Aydon, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Approx. altitude: 126 m (413 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 55°S 178°E

Accuracy: 212 m (695 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: more of the confluence area #3: the sign on a tree at the start of the field access road #4: the sign on the gate at the start of the field access road #5: inside the walls of Aydon Castle #6: a view from Aydon Castle

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  55°N 2°W (visit #10) (secondary, incomplete) 

#1: the confluence is about 200 metres out in this field

(visited by Dave Patton)

13-Jul-2008 -- After visiting 55°N 7°W we continued to visit with relatives in Northern Ireland. We then flew from Belfast to Newcastle, to visit with relatives in northern England.

On the last day before leaving northern England, there was an opportunity to try and visit 55°N 2°W, during a drive to see some more relatives. We turned onto a road that leads to Aydon Castle.

I had already seen that there were "no tresspassing" signs at the access to the field containing the confluence, so we continued down the road, parked, and visited the castle. After seeing the castle, we drove back out the road, and stopped at the road that leads to the field. I took a couple of pictures of the field, but was more than 100m away, so this visit is "incomplete". We didn't have time to try and contact the landowner for permission to access the field.

The next confluence on this trip was 54°N 1°W.


 All pictures
#1: the confluence is about 200 metres out in this field
#2: more of the confluence area
#3: the sign on a tree at the start of the field access road
#4: the sign on the gate at the start of the field access road
#5: inside the walls of Aydon Castle
#6: a view from Aydon Castle
ALL: All pictures on one page