Coanwood is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Coanwood

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

Coanwood has some unmissable villages nearby like Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

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

Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach are some of Coanwood best beaches to visit near Coanwood.

Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham are great places to visit near Coanwood if you like hiking areas.

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

The area close to Coanwood boasts some of the best castles including Dunstanburgh Castle.

There are a several good ruins in the Coanwood area like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

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

Don't miss Hexham's towns if visiting the area around Coanwood.

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

There are a number of historic monuments near to Coanwood including Flodden.

Coanwood History

There are some historic monuments around Coanwood:

• Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Roachburn Colliery
• Milestone House Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47
• Great Chesters Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall between the Caw Burn and the track to Cockmount Hill farm in wall miles 42 and 43
• Kirkhaugh Bridge abutments 1/2 mile (800m) NE of Whitley Castle
• Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp
• Burnhead Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
• Chesters Pike Roman temporary camp
• Crooks Roman temporary camp
• The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort
• Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp
• Throp Roman fortlet
• Thirlwall Castle
• The Curricks camp
• Mare and Foal stone circle, 400m north east of Milestone House
• Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
• Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp
• Bellister Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Markham Cottage Roman temporary camps 1 and 2, a section of the Stanegate Roman road, a length of Roman road and two Roman cemeteries
• Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell
• Haltwhistle Burn Roman temporary camps 2 and 3 and area of cord rig cultivation
• Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp
• Camp in Oakwood SE of Plenmeller village
• Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road to Caw Gap and the Caw Burn in wall miles 41 and 42
• Cawfields Roman temporary camp
• 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
• Haltwhistle Burn 4 Roman temporary camp
• Lees Hall Roman camp
• Roman aqueduct to Great Chesters from the Cawburn
• Willowford Roman temporary camp
• The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Whitley Castle Roman fort and vicus, 280m south west of Castle Nook
• Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46
• Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, fortlet and section of the Stanegate
• Hadrian's Wall between Walltown Quarry East and Walltown Quarry West in wall mile 45