Ashington
Ashington serves as a town and also civil parish inside Northumberland, England having a populace near 27,000; back in the day a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is located some 15 miles (24 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne west of the A189. The south of the town is bordered by the River Wansbeck. The North Sea coast at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is around 3 miles (5 km) from the town centre.