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.

Villages to visit near Bywell include Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

Places near Bywell feature a number of interesting ancient sites including Milfield North Henge.

Beaches to visit near Bywell include Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

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

There are a several good geological features in the Bywell area like Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Don't miss Dunstanburgh Castle's castles if visiting the area around Bywell.

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

Islands to visit near Bywell include Farne Islands.

Bywell's best nearby towns can be found at Hexham, and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Roman Sites to visit near Bywell include 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:

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