Berwick Hill Berwick Hill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ponteland, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is situated to the north of Newcastle upon Tyne, near Ponteland. In 1951 the parish had a population of 41.GovernanceBerwick Hill is in the British [House of Commons|parliamentary] constituency of Hexham (UK [Parliament constituency)|Hexham]. Berwick Hill was formerly a township in Ponteland parish, from 1866 Berwick Hill was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Ponteland.