Widdrington Station is a village in the county of Northumberland

Northumberland

Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...

, England. It has about 2300 residents. As its name suggests it has a railway station

Widdrington railway station

Widdrington railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Stobswood and Widdrington Station in Northumberland, England.It is located on the East Coast Main Line, although in the the only trains calling at Widdrington are one northbound and two southbound local services operated on...

 which is on the East Coast Main Line

East Coast Main Line

The East Coast Main Line is a long electrified high-speed railway link between London, Peterborough, Doncaster, Wakefield, Leeds, York, Darlington, Newcastle and Edinburgh...

. It is located about 8 miles (12.9 km) north east of Morpeth

Morpeth, Northumberland

Morpeth is the county town of Northumberland, England. It is situated on the River Wansbeck which flows east through the town. The town is from the A1, which bypasses it. Since 1981, it has been the administrative centre of the County of Northumberland. In the 2001 census the town had a population...

, the county town. It shares its civil parish

Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...

 council with the nearby village of Stobswood, which has a population of around 120.

Governance

Both Widdrington Station and Stobswood lie within the Ulgham Ward of the new county-wide unitary authority

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

, Northumberland County Council

Northumberland County Council

Northumberland County Council is a unitary authority in North East England. It was originally formed in 1889 as the council for the administrative county of Northumberland and reformed in 1974 to cover a the newly formed non-metropolitan county of Northumberland...

. The County Councillor is Cllr David J. Towns (Conservative), and the villages fall within the Druridge Bay

Druridge Bay

Druridge Bay is a long coastal bay in Northumberland, England, stretching from Amble in the north to Cresswell in the south.Northumberland Coast Country Park is situated within the bay, and part of the bay is owned by the National Trust...

 Community Forum and the Northern Area Committee jurisdictions of the new Council.

Notable people

• Bob Morton
  Bob Morton (footballer)
  Robert Morton was a well-travelled English footballer.-Playing career:Morton played for Tritlington, Ashington, Bedlington United, Barnsley, Nottingham Forest, Newark Town and Bradford Park Avenue before joining Port Vale in May 1932...
  
  (1906 - 1990), English footballer, born at Widdrington

External links

• General description
• Its Local Plan for Widdrington Station for Stobswood
• GENUKI (accessed: 10 November 2008)
• Northumberland Communities (accessed: 10 November 2008)