Glanton

Human settlement in England

Region

55°25′26″N 1°52′59″W / 55.424°N 1.883°W / 55.424; -1.883

Glanton is a small rural village, in the county of Northumberland, England. Agriculture dominates the surrounding area.

Governance

Glanton is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. As a district, it is a part of the unitary authority of Northumberland.

The Devil's Causeway passes the eastern edge of the village. The causeway was a Roman road which started at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extended 55 miles (89 km) northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.