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.

Milfield North Henge is one of Bywell's best, nearby ancient sites to visit in Bywell.

Bywell's best nearby beaches can be found at Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

The area around Bywell features a number of interesting hiking areas including Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are great places to visit near Bywell if you like geological features.

The area around Bywell's best castles can be found at Dunstanburgh Castle.

Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh are great places to visit near Bywell if you like ruins.

Farne Islands is a great place to visit close to Bywell if you like islands.

Bywell is near some unmissable towns like Hexham,

Don't miss Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort's roman sites if visiting the area around Bywell.

Flodden is one of Bywell's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Bywell.

Bywell History

There are some historic monuments around Bywell:

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