Low Hauxley

Low Hauxley
Low Hauxley
Low Hauxley
Location within Northumberland
Population230 (2021)[1]
OS grid referenceNU267041
• London270 mi (430 km)
Civil parish
  • Hauxley
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMORPETH
Postcode districtNE65
Dialling code01665
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

Low Hauxley is a small village in Northumberland, in the former Alnwick district, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Amble and around 27 miles (43 km) from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is combined with High Hauxley to make the civil parish of Hauxley.

Near the village is an important archaeological site, with an early Bronze Age cemetery as well as Mesolithic and Iron Age remains, but with much erosion. A major rescue dig was mounted for 13 weeks, between June and September 2013. Results were broadcast on Channel 4's Time Team special on 2 March 2014.[2] Earlier work by Archaeological Research Services Ltd in 2009 recovered flint tools from buried land surfaces beneath the Bronze Age burials.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Rescued from the Sea". www.archaeologicalresearchservices.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ^ Waddington, Clive; Cockburn, Philippa (December 2009). Archaeological excavation of burial deposits at Low Hauxley, Druridge Bay, Northumberland (PDF) (ARS Ltd Report No. 2009/90 (revised June 2010)). Newcastle–Gateshead: Archaeological Research Services Ltd. Retrieved 10 November 2025.