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.

Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh are some of Greenhead best villages to visit near Greenhead.

Ancient Sites to visit near Greenhead include Milfield North Henge.

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

There are a number of hiking areas near Greenhead 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 Greenhead if you like geological features.

There are a several good castles in the area around Greenhead like Dunstanburgh Castle.

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

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

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

There are a number of roman sites near Greenhead including Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

The area close to Greenhead boasts some of the best historic monuments including Flodden.

Greenhead History

There are some historic monuments around Greenhead:

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