Bywell is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Bywell

There are great places to visit near Bywell including some great villages, ancient sites, beaches, hiking areas, geological features, castles, ruins, islands, towns, roman sites and historic monuments.

Bywell's best nearby villages can be found at Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

The area around Bywell's best ancient sites can be found at Milfield North Henge.

Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach are great places to visit near Bywell if you like beaches.

Hiking Areas to visit near Bywell include Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are some of Bywell best geological features to visit near Bywell.

Dunstanburgh Castle is one of Bywell's best, nearby castles to visit in Bywell.

Bywell has some unmissable ruins nearby like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

Places near Bywell feature a number of interesting islands including Farne Islands.

Bywell is near some unmissable towns like Hexham,

Bywell's best nearby roman sites can be found at Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

Historic Monuments to visit near Bywell include Flodden.

Bywell History

There are some historic monuments around Bywell:

• Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm
• Halton medieval settlement
• Welton tower house
• Defended settlement and Romano-British settlement on Shildon Hill
• Market cross
• Round cairn, 250m south east of Low Hall
• East Matfen medieval village and open field system
• Three temporary camps at Farnley Grange
• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the March Burn and Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill in wall miles 13,14 and 15
• Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings
• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Rudchester Roman fort, associated civil settlement and a section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum from the A69 to the March Burn in wall mile 13
• Corbridge (Corstopitum) Roman station
• Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6321 and Sunnybrae at Halton Shields, in wall miles 18 and 19
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fence Burn and the track to Portgate Cottage in wall miles 21 and 22
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6309 and the B6321 in wall miles 16, 17 and 18
• Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
• Standing stone with cup markings, 50m south of Standing Stone Farm
• Vicar's pele tower
• The vallum between Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, and Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Corbridge Bridge
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Wheelbirks furnace
• Walker's Pottery
• Haltonchesters Roman fort, settlement and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary east of Haltonchesters fort and the Fence Burn in wall mile 21
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21
• Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, to Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16