Allen Banks and Staward GorgeAllenheads Heritage CentreBrunton Turret (Hadrian's Wall)Cawfields Roman Wall (Hadrian's Wall)Chesters Roman Fort (Hadrian's Wall)Hadrian's Wall and Housesteads FortHareshaw LinnSewingshields Wall (Hadrian's Wall)Tyne Green Country Park
Wooded gorge of the River Allen. This extensive area of woodland gorge and rocky river scenery, including the 41-hectare (101-acre) SSSI of Stawardpeel Woods, has many miles of waymarked walks through ornamental and ancient woods. On a high promontor ...
Set in the centre of village, at heart of North Pennines this community-owned heritage centre depicts the lead-mining past of the village of Allenheads. You should see the important Armstrong water engine, the evidence of lead-mining past around the ...
Brunton Turret (Hadrian's Wall) is a wall section and a surviving piece of turret 2 1⁄2 metres (8.2 feet) high, built by men of the Twentieth Legion. ...
Cawfields Roman Wall (Hadrian's Wall) is a fine stretch of Hadrian's Wall on a steep slope, with turrets and an impressive milecastle, probably built by the Second Legion. ...
Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland was built to guard the Roman bridge which carried Hadrian’s Wall over the River North Tyne. It has the best preserved remains of a cavalry fort in Britain. Explore the foundations of the headquarters building a ...
Roman wall snaking across dramatic countryside. One of Rome's most northerly outposts, the Wall was built around AD 122 when the Roman Empire was at its height. It remains amongst Britain's most impressive ruins. There were 16 permanent bases along t ...
Bellingham has its roots in the 12th Century when St Cuthbert's Church was first consecrated.
Its heyday was in the 19th Century when it was a centre for iron. Hareshaw Linn was the site of two blast furnaces established in 1833 by Messrs Bigge an ...
Sewingshields Wall (Hadrian's Wall) is a length of Wall with milecastle remains, impressively sited along the Whin Sill, commanding fine views of many prehistoric and later earthworks to the north. ...
Tyne Green Country Park is a riverside park in a wooded setting with golf, fishing and canoeing on the river. Waymarked country trail, children's play area, barbecue and picnic area.
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