| − | '''Morpeth''' is the county town of [[Northumberland]] in north-east [[England]], located 15 miles north of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. Founded as a planned medieval borough in the 12th century, on the north bank of the river Wansbeck, it has remained a small market town and in the twentieth century, with its castle ruins, parks and landscaped riverside areas, as well as the world's largest museum of [[bagpipes]], has become something of an inland resort as well as a dormitory town for the nearby [[Tyneside]] [[conurbation]]. The town lies on the A1 [[Great North Road]] and the main [[London]] to [[Edinburgh]] [[railway]]. | + | '''Morpeth''' is the county town of [[Northumberland]] in north-east [[England]], located 15 miles north of [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. Founded as a planned medieval borough in the 12th century on the north bank of the river Wansbeck, it has remained a small market town. In the twentieth century, with its castle ruins, parks and landscaped riverside areas as well as the world's largest museum of [[bagpipes]], it has become something of an inland resort. It also serves as as a dormitory town for the nearby [[Tyneside]] [[conurbation]]. The town lies on the A1 [[Great North Road]] and the main [[London]] to [[Edinburgh]] [[railway]]. |