Brunton, Northumberland

Brunton is a village in Northumberland, England. It is about 7 miles (11 km) north of Alnwick, a short distance inland from the North Sea coast.

This article is about a village in Northumberland. For other uses, see Brunton (disambiguation).

Brunton
Brunton
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNU205245
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALNWICK
Postcode districtNE66
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

The village is situated in open flat terrain and gives its name to a former WWII airfield RAF Brunton the concreted runways of which lie immediately north of the village. RAF Brunton was operational as a satellite training airfield for RAF Milfield from the summer of 1942 until early 1946.[1]


Governance

Brunton is within the civil parish of Newton-by-the-Sea, the Northumberland County Council division of Longhoughton, and the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

References
  1. "Brunton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

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