It was located on the Wansbeck Railway, which diverged from the East Coast Main Line at Morpeth and joined the Border Counties Railway at Reedsmouth Junction.

The station house is now in private hands and has been extended, and the platform still exists.

The trackbed of the old route can be followed West on foot, following the meandering River Wansbeck until it reaches a double arched stone bridge.

A single solitary lineside telegraph pole can be seen along the route and the trackside fences have clearly been made using railway sleepers reclaimed once the line had shut.

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