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.

The area around Greenhead features a number of interesting villages including Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

There are a several good ancient sites in the area around Greenhead like Milfield North Henge.

Don't miss Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach's beaches if visiting the area around Greenhead.

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

Don't miss Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap's geological features if visiting the area around Greenhead.

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

Don't miss Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh's ruins if visiting the area around Greenhead.

There are a several good islands in the area around Greenhead like Farne Islands.

The area around Greenhead's best towns can be found at Hexham.

Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort are great places to visit near Greenhead if you like roman sites.

The area around Greenhead's best historic monuments can be found at Flodden.

Greenhead History

There are some historic monuments around Greenhead:

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