Cambo

Cambo is a village in Northumberland, England. It is about 11 miles (18 km) to the west of the county town of Morpeth at the junction of the B6342 and B6343 roads, in the County Parish of Wallington Demesne. The village was gifted along with the Wallington Estate to the National Trust by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan in 1942, the first donation of its kind. It remains a National Trust village.[1]

For other uses, see Cambo (disambiguation).

Cambo

Holy Trinity Church
Cambo
Location within Northumberland
OS grid referenceNZ025855
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMORPETH
Postcode districtNE61
Dialling code01670
PoliceNorthumbria
FireNorthumberland
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

There is a village school, Cambo First School, which had 46 pupils in September 2020 aged 4-9 years. [2]There is a church, a village hall and a community orchard in the village.

Notable people

Capability Brown, the 18th-century landscape gardener, was educated at the village school. He was born at nearby Kirkharle.

References
  1. "Cambo, Northumberland | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. "Cambo First School". Retrieved 27 July 2021.


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