Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens
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Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens
- Overview Map Street View The Belsay estate on the main route from Newcastle to Jedburgh was owned by the Middleton family from 1270, when it belonged to Sir John Middleton, …
Newcastle Castle
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Newcastle Castle
- In the 2nd Century AD, the Romans built a fort to protect the Pons Aelius bridge and supply route over the River Tyne. During the Anglo-Saxon age, the site was …
Pele Tower
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Pele Tower
- Pele towers were fortified houses built along both sides of the English and Scottish borders, mostly in settlements which did not have a castle. An English Act of Parliament in …
Scargill Castle
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Scargill Castle
- Overview Map Scargill was originally built in the late 12th century by Warren de Scargill whilst he was overseeing building work at the nearby Bowes Castle. King Edward II is …
Morpeth Castle
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Morpeth Castle
- Overview About Morpeth Map Street View Morpeth Castle was originally a gatehouse built at the entrance to the castle from which it gets its name. The castle is Grade I …
Durham Castle
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Durham Castle
- Overview About Durham Castle Map Street View   Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been wholly occupied since 1840 by University College, …
Cartington Castle
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Cartington Castle
- Overview About Cartington Castle Map The castle's location is near Spout Burn, for its supply of fesh water, and has a commanding view of the Debdon pass over the Rothbury …
Mitford Castle
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Mitford Castle
- Overview About Mitford Castle Map Street View Mitford Castle dates from the late 11th century. It is a ruined motte and bailey castle, which stands on a small promontory by …
Rothley Castle
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Rothley Castle
- Overview About Rothley Castle Map Street View Rothley Castle is a folly on the Wallington Estate, built to resemble a medieval castle, located near Rothley in Northumberland. The castle was …
Codger Fort, Rothley
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Codger Fort, Rothley
- Overview Map Street View Codger Fort is a folly near Rothley in Northumberland, built in c.1770 by Thomas Wright for Sir Walter Blackett, as part of the Wallington estate. The …
Naworth Castle
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Naworth Castle
- Overview About Naworth Castle Map Street View   Naworth Castle, also known as, or recorded in historical documents as "Naward", is a castle in Cumbria, England, near the town of …
Corby Castle
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Corby Castle
- Overview About Corby Castle Map Street View Corby Castle has at its core a medieval tower house, which was altered in the 17th century and the significantly remodelled and extended …
Piel Castle
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Piel Castle
- Overview About Piel Castle Map Street View   Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel …
Witton Castle
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Witton Castle
- Overview About Map   Witton Castle is a much-altered 15th-century castle, which is the centrepiece of a holiday and caravan country park at Witton le Wear, near Bishop Auckland, County …
Bellister Castle
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Bellister Castle
- Overview Map Street View Bellister Castle is a ruined tower house dating from the 13th century with an attached occupied house which is dated 1669.[1] It is located about half …
Featherstone Castle
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Featherstone Castle
- Overview About Featherstone Castle Map Street View The castle is located by the River South Tyne, 3 miles from Haltwhistle. The castle's origins can be traced back to the early …
Lindisfarne Castle
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Lindisfarne Castle
- Overview Lindisfarne Castle Map Street View   Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The …
Penrith Castle
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Penrith Castle
- Overview About Penrith Castle Map Street View Penrith Castle was built at the end of the 14th century by Ralph Neville (c.1364–1425) was granted the manor of Penrith in 1396. …
Kirkoswald Castle
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Kirkoswald Castle
- Overview About Kirkoswald Castle Map Street View The ruins of Kirkoswald Castle are located to the south-east of Kirkoswald in Cumbria. A licence to crenellate (fortify) an existing building was granted …
Alnwick Castle
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Alnwick Castle
- Overview History Map Street View Alnwick Castle is the seat of the Duke of Northumberland, built by the River Aln in Alnwick following the Norman conquest. The castle is open …
Auckland Castle
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Auckland Castle
- Overview About Auckland Castle Map Street View A manor house and hunting lodge constructed by Bishop Pudsey around 1183 AD. A hundred years later Bishop Bek converted the manor house …
Aydon Castle
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Aydon Castle
- Overview About Aydon Castle Map Street View Aydon Castle is a 13th century English manor house, located one mile from Corbridge. The house was heavily fortified on the outbreak of …
Warkworth Castle
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Warkworth Castle
- Overview About Warkworth Castle Map Street View Warkworth Castle is a well preserved medieval castle which is cared for by English Heritage. The castle is located by a loop in …
Ford Castle
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Ford Castle
- Overview About Ford Castle Map Inside Street View "Ford Castle has its origins in the 14th century. Sir William Heron was given permission to fortify his residence here in 1338 …
Etal Castle
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Etal Castle
- Overview About Etal Castle Map Street View Etal Castle was built c.1341, by Robert Manners. The ruined medieval castle is located in the village of Etal, in Northumberland. Etal castle …
Chillingham Castle
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Chillingham Castle
- Overview About Chillingham Castle Map Street View   Chillingham Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Chillingham in England's north Northumberland. From the late 1200s Chillingham was the …
Walworth Castle
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Walworth Castle
- Overview About Walworth Castle Map Street View Walworth Castle is a 16th century mansion house built in the style of a medieval castle, located in Walworth, near Darlington. It stands …
Norham Castle
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Norham Castle
- Overview About Norham Castle Map Street View   Norham Castle is a castle in Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a …
Twizell Castle
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Twizell Castle
- Overview About Twizell Castle Map Street View Twizell Castle stands on a bend of the River Till near Twizell Bridge, about 3 miles north-west of Cornhill-on-Tweed in Northumberland. A medieval tower house on …
Langley Castle
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Langley Castle
- Overview About Langley Castle Map Street View Langley Castle is a medieval tower house, now a hotel, located north-east of the village of Langley and about a mile and a …
Wark-on-Tweed Castle
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Wark-on-Tweed Castle
- Overview About Wark-on-Tweed Castle Map Street View Wark Castle (aka Carham Castle), at Wark-on-Tweed was originally a motte-and-bailey castle built early in the 12th century. The castle was demolished and rebuilt …
Thirlwall Castle
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Thirlwall Castle
- Overview About Thirlwall Castle Map Street View   Thirlwall Castle is a 12th-century castle in Northumberland, England, on the bank of the River Tipalt close to the village of Greenhead …
Ravensworth Castle
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Ravensworth Castle
- Overview About the Castle Map A Grade 2* listed building and Scheduled Monument. There are three phases to the castle; a medieval quadrangular castle, an 18th century country house, and a …
Raby Castle
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Raby Castle
- Overview About Raby Castle Map Street View Raby Castle is near Staindrop in County Durham. It was built in the late 14th century by John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de …
Bamburgh Castle
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Bamburgh Castle
- Overview About Bamburgh Castle Map Inside Street View   Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is Grade …
Prudhoe Castle
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Prudhoe Castle
- Overview About Prudhoe Castle Map Street View   Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It …
Lumley Castle
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Lumley Castle
- Overview About Lumley Castle Map Street View Lumley Castle, near Chester-le-Street and Great Lumley was built in the 14th Century by Sir Ralph Lumley, who was involved the defence of …
Lambton Castle
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Lambton Castle
- Overview History Description, 1834 Map Lambton Castle, by the River Wear near Chester-le-Street was mostly constructed in its present form between 1820 and 1828 by John Lambton, first Earl of …
Kielder Castle
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Kielder Castle
Hylton Castle
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Hylton Castle
- Overview About Hylton Castle Map Street View Hylton Castle is a ruined stone castle located in the North Hylton area of Sunderland. A wooden fortification was constructed here by the …
Haughton Castle
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Haughton Castle
- Overview About Haughton Castle Map Haughton Castle is a privately owned country house in Northumberland located a mile north of Humshaugh and on the south side of the River North …
Harbottle Castle
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Harbottle Castle
- Overview About Harbottle Castle The Poem Map Street View Harbottle Castle is a ruined Normal castle which overlooks the village of Harbottle, by the River Coquet in Northumberland. It is …
Edlingham Castle
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Edlingham Castle
- Overview About Edlingham Castle Map Street View The ruins of Edlingham Castle are located to the north-east of the village of Edlingham, about 6 miles north-east of Rothbury. The 'castle' was …
Chipchase Castle
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Chipchase Castle
- Overview About Chipchase Castle Map Street View Chipchase Castle is a 17th century Jacobean mansion located near the River North Tyne, about a mile and a half south-east of Wark-on-Tyne. …
Berwick Castle (ruins)
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Berwick Castle (ruins)
- Overview About Berwick Castle Map Street View   Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. History The castle was founded in the 12th century by the Scottish …
Bywell Castle
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Bywell Castle
- Overview About Bywell Castle Map Street View Bywell Castle was built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, the second earl of Westmorland.[1] It was originally built in Bywell …
Barnard Castle (castle)
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Barnard Castle (castle)
- Overview About Barnard Castle Map Street View The medieval castle in the town of Barnard Castle, is cared for by English Heritage. The castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and …
Barmoor Castle
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Barmoor Castle
- Overview Barmoor Castle Map Barmoor Castle was first recorded in 1341 when the Muschampe family was granted a licence to crenellate. In 1415 it was described as a fortalice. Barmoor was …
Blenkinsopp Castle
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Blenkinsopp Castle
- Overview About Blenkinsopp Castle Map   Blenkinsopp Castle is a fire-damaged, partly demolished 19th-century country mansion, incorporating the ruinous remains of a 14th-century tower house, which is located above the …
Bothal Castle
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Bothal Castle
- A private residence, part of the Welbeck Estate.
Bowes Castle
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Bowes Castle
- Overview History Map The stone castle at Bowes was built between 1170 and 1174 on the site of the former Roman fort of Lavatrae. Bowes Castle was a medieval castle …
Dunstanburgh Castle
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Dunstanburgh Castle
- Overview About Dunstanburgh Castle Map Street View Dunstanburgh Castle is located on the Northumberland coast, one mile north of Craster and a mile and a half south-east of Embleton. The castle …
Brancepeth Castle
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Brancepeth Castle
- Overview History Map The first castle in Brancepeth was a Norman castle built by the Bulmer family. It was rebuilt by the Neville family during the 14th century and it …
Haw Hill, Motte and Bailey
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Mote Hills (Elsdon Castle)
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Mote Hills (Elsdon Castle)
- Overview About Elsdon Castle Map Street View Mote Hills at the village of Elsdon are the earthwork remains of a medieval motte and bailey castle. The castle was built on …
Motte and Bailey Castle, Gunnerton
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Motte and Bailey Castle, Gunnerton
- About half a mile north of Gunnerton are the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle. The castle is built at the end of a promontory, formed by the …
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North of the Tyne: Castles & Illustrated Walks from the Tyne to the Tweed
- Details of all of Northumberlands castles, including pictures and histories

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Brough Castle
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Brough Castle
- Overview About Brough Castle Map Street View   Not to be confused with Brough Castle in Brough, Caithness. Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, …
Askerton Castle
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Askerton Castle
- Overview About Askerton Castle Map Street View   Askerton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in Cumbria, England. History Askerton Castle was built in the parish of Askerton in …
Brougham Castle
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Brougham Castle
- Overview About Brougham Castle Map Street View Located about a mile south-east of Penrith in Cumbria. Brougham Castle (pronounced /ˈbruːm/) is a medieval building about 2 miles (3.2 km) south-east …
Belsay Castle
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Belsay Castle
- Overview About Belsay Castle Map Street View Belsay Castle is a tower house built in c.1370, with an attached house added in 1614 (possibly around earlier core), by Thomas and Dorothy …
Hartley Castle
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Hartley Castle
- Overview About Hartley Castle Map Hartley Castle was built in the mid 14th century; it was a fortified manor house which had been granted a licence to crenellate in 1353. …
Pendragon Castle
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Pendragon Castle
- Overview About Pendragon Castle Map Street View Inside Pendragon Castle is situated on a knoll overlooking the River Eden in Mallerstang Dale, about 3½ miles south of Kirkby Stephen and …
Appleby Castle
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Appleby Castle
- Overview About Appleby Castle Map   Appleby Castle is in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland overlooking the River Eden (grid reference NY685200). It consists of a 12th-century castle keep which is …
Lowther Castle
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Lowther Castle
- Overview About Lowther Castle Map Street View   Lowther Castle is a country house in the historic county of Westmorland, which now forms part of the modern county of Cumbria, …
Triermain Castle (remains)
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Triermain Castle (remains)
- Overview Map Street View The remains of a medieval enclosure castle are situated immediately to the east of Triermain Farm and stand on a small glacial mound. The castle was …

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