Kirkharle

Kirkharle (otherwise Kirk Harle) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kirkwhelpington, in the county of Northumberland in Northern England located about 12 miles (19 km) west of the town of Morpeth, just to the west of the crossroads of the A696 and B6342 roads. It is famous as the birthplace of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in the early eighteenth century, Britain's most celebrated landscape gardener. In 1951 the parish had a population of 69.

Kirkharle
Kirkharle
Kirkharle
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNZ015825
Civil parish
Unitary authority
  • Northumberland
Ceremonial county
  • Northumberland
Region
  • North East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMORPETH
Postcode districtNE61
Dialling code01830
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
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