Find the nearest History & Heritage in Northumberland
Our History and Heritage category brings all Coast Radar’s Northumberland listings related to looking for something to do or a place to visit together where they offer some form of historic or heritage based activity.
Finding the best things to see and do on a Northumberland day out with your family or friends is easy – simply explore the historic and heritage links below, hit the jump to my location button or use the search bar to plan your next Northumberland activity.
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- Bailiffgate Museum presents the history of Alnwick and District. The people & places of North Northumberland are brought to life here in lively, interactive style.
- Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle with spectacular views. The castle was transformed by Lutyens into an Edwardian home. Managed by the National Trust.
- Berwick Bridge is a grade I listed 17th century stone bridge which spans the River Tweed at Berwick upon Tweed in Northumberland. Also known as Old Bridge, four previous bridges have stood on the same site with the oldest dating back to 1199. The bridge is 355 metres long by 5 metres wide, with 15 arches. Today, the bridge is one-way from east to west. The main road traffic either crosses the river at the concrete Royal Tweed Bridge or uses the Berwick bypass.
- Harbottle Castle was built in the 12th century. It was a typical Norman motte and bailey castle built of earth and timber. In the 13th century, a stone castle replaced the earlier building. The castle was destroyed and rebuilt many times in the wars with Scotland between the 12th and 16th centuries. Most of the stone from the castle was reused to make later buildings, but the layout of the castle can still be seen from the form of the earthworks that survive. Some good walks to Drake’s Stone and a hilltop lake.
- Etal Castle, built in the mid-14th century on the strategic River Till ford as defence against Scottish raiders.
- Birthplace of George Stephenson the world-famous railway engineer. Furnished to reflect domestic living in 1781, the year Stevenson. The white stone miners cottage is alongside a picturesque riverside path – the old Wylam Colliery wagon-way.
- Prudhoe Castle, built to defend a strategic crossing of the River Tyne.
- Chantries, small chapels for travellers were common in medieval England. This Chantry at Morpeth is one of the few to survive and now houses a pipes museum, craft studio and tourist information point.
- Alnwick Castle is home to the Dukes of Northumberland and is very much still in use. Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in England, and has been the home of the Percys, Earls and Dukes of Northumberland since 1309, making this year the 700 year anniversary. Houses the Northumberland Fusiliers Regimental Museum.
- Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens. Explore a spectacular medieval castle, a Greek Revival villa and thirty acres of stunning Grade I gardens linking the two.
- Lindisfarne Priory (AD635) was one of the most important centres of early Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England and is still a place of pilgrimage today. Walk across the causeway and explore the atmospheric ruins, and visit the museum.
- Edlingham Castle ruins, principally the solar tower, of a manor house progressively fortified against the Scots during the 14th century.
