Haltwhistle
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Haltwhistle is a small market town in Northumberland, north-east England, on the River North Tyne. It lies at the geographical centre of the island of Great Britain. The name has no railway connections (although Haltwhistle is on one of the earliest railways in the world, the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway of 1835); it derives from the 'junnction of streams (OE twisla) by the hill (OE heafod). Paint manufacture was the town's sole major industry; since the paint factory closed in the early 21st century Haltwhistle has been attempting to reinvent itself as a centre for tourism.