Hexham
Hexham is a market town and civil parish in the south west of Northumberland, England, on the south bank of the River Tyne which forms by the confluence of two rivers: the North Tyne and the South Tyne. These two rivers converge at Warden Rock near Hexham at a place dubbed 'The Meeting of the Waters'. Hexham area has part of the Hadrian's wall. Hexham was the administrative centre for the Tynedale district from 1974 to 2009. In 2011, it had a population... Show more of 11,829.Smaller towns and villages around Hexham include Corbridge, Riding Mill, Stocksfield and Wylam to the east, Acomb and Bellingham to the north, Allendale to the south and Haydon Bridge, Bardon Mill and Haltwhistle to the west. Newcastle upon Tyne is about 25 miles to the east and Carlisle is 37 miles to the west.