Cramlington - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

# Cramlington

### From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cramlington is a town in the county of Northumberland, in the north-east of England.

Cramlington is about five miles from the coast. The nearest beach is Blyth, which is east. The county town of Morpeth is nearby like the rest of the Northumbrian countryside.

Newcastle city is also closeby, which people of Cramlington can go and enjoy.

Cramlington is quite new, with lots of parks. The cycle track system also means cyclists can travel around the entire town without having to travel on the roads. The underpasses under the major roads mean children can walk around safe from traffic.

## [edit] History

It was thought the Vikings were the first to settle in Cramlington. Until relatively recently it was made up of a few small mining villages, but was chosen to be a new town and since the 1960s, builders have enlarged the town to become the town of 40,000 it is today.

## [edit] Facilites

A large indoor shopping mall, Manor Walks, serves as the main shopping centre, next to the old village centre. There is a large leisure centre, Concordia, next to the shopping centre which has an indoor pool, climbing wall and well-equipped gym.

There are lots of Christian churches in the town including two Methodist, an Anglican church with two plants, as well as a Catholic church and a few pentecostal and charismatic churches.

Cramlington Community High School is the only secondary school in the town and people think it is an exceptional school, which passed the recent UNICEF inspection with outstanding amounts. The school system is about to be replaced with the two tier sstem, in which the high school will cater for 11-18 year olds.

## [edit] Trivia

The comedian Ross Noble grew up in Cramlington.

This short article can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.
Retrieved from "http://simple.wikipedia.org../../../c/r/a/Cramlington.html"

Category: Towns in England

##### Views

- Article
- Talk
- Newest version

##### Search

##### In other languages

- English
- Français
- Deutsch