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Ponteland lies on the main A696 Newcastle to Edinburgh road, eight miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne. 13,000 live in the parish which covers 22.5 square miles. There has been a settlement her since before the Romans arrived to build Hadrians Wall. The Romans claim to have named the settlement Ponteland which meant