Both the A1 London to Edinburgh road and East Coast Main Line pass through the parish.

The Devil's Causeway passes the village of Middleton just over 1 mile (2 km) to the east.

The causeway is a Roman road which starts at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extends 55 miles (89 km) northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Middleton Hall is a Grade II listed Tudor style mansion.

After World War II it was sold to the Greenwich Hospital Trust.