Greenhead is a Town in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Greenhead

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

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

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

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

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

The area around Greenhead boasts some of the best geological features including Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Dunstanburgh Castle is a great place to visit close to Greenhead if you like castles.

The area around Greenhead features a number of interesting ruins including Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

Don't miss Farne Islands's islands if visiting the area around Greenhead.

Hexham is a great place to visit close to Greenhead if you like towns.

Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort are some of Greenhead best roman sites to visit near Greenhead.

Places near Greenhead feature a number of interesting historic monuments including Flodden.

Greenhead History

There are some historic monuments around Greenhead:

• Crooks Roman temporary camp
• Standing stone on Standingstone Rigg
• Willowford Roman temporary camp
• Shieling, 670m south west of Spy Crags
• RAF Spadeadam: British Oxygen Corporation Air Separation Plant
• Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp
• Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, fortlet and section of the Stanegate
• Chesters Pike 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
• 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
• Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell
• Hadrian's Wall between Walltown Quarry East and Walltown Quarry West in wall mile 45
• 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
• Thirlwall Castle
• Roachburn Colliery
• Shieling on N bank of Irthing below Bells Braes
• Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
• 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
• Moated site at Upper Denton
• Shieling north of Jerrycalf Rigg
• Shieling, 110m south of Bull Crag
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
• Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp
• Lees Hall Roman camp
• Shieling 150m south of Tinkler Crags
• The westernmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
• RAF Spadeadam: Component Test Area
• Bastle at Upper Denton
• Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp
• Markham Cottage Roman temporary camps 1 and 2, a section of the Stanegate Roman road, a length of Roman road and two Roman cemeteries
• Shieling 900m north east of Rotheryhaugh
• Bellister Castle (uninhabited parts)
• The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• 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
• Haltwhistle Burn 4 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Cawfields 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
• The easternmost of two shielings below Rowantree Crag
• Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp
• Roman aqueduct to Great Chesters from the Cawburn
• Shielings and later farmstead on Cock Law, 600m north west of Horseholme
• The westernmost of two shielings on the left bank of Small Burn
• Shieling 290m south west of Benty Sike
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
• Group of shielings, 100m north of Tinkler Crags
• Shieling, 500m south west of Spy Crags
• Shieling, 500m east of Stowerhill Plantation
• RAF Spadeadam: Greymare Hill Missile Test Area
• The Curricks camp
• The easternmost of two shielings on the left bank of Small Burn
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• Hazel Gill shieling
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road to Caw Gap and the Caw Burn in wall miles 41 and 42
• Throp Roman fortlet
• Two shielings below Crying Crag
• Burnhead Roman temporary camp
• RAF Spadeadam: Blue Streak Underground Launcher Facility
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Shieling at Sundayburn Linn
• Camp in Oakwood SE of Plenmeller village
• Haltwhistle Burn Roman temporary camps 2 and 3 and area of cord rig cultivation