Melkridge is a Town in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Melkridge

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

The area around Melkridge boasts some of the best villages including Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

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

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

Melkridge has some unmissable hiking areas nearby like Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

There are a number of geological features near Melkridge including Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Places near Melkridge feature a number of interesting castles including Dunstanburgh Castle.

Melkridge's best nearby ruins can be found at Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

There are a number of islands near to Melkridge including Farne Islands.

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

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

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

Melkridge History

There are some historic monuments around Melkridge:

• Lees Hall Roman camp
• Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp
• Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp
• Round cairn 380m north of Codley Gate
• 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
• Round cairn, 120m south of King's Crags
• Shieling and associated building 1.45km west of Blue Hemmel
• Haltwhistle Burn Roman temporary camps 2 and 3 and area of cord rig cultivation
• 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, 500m east of Stowerhill Plantation
• Mare and Foal stone circle, 400m north east of Milestone House
• The vallum and a British settlement between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park, in wall miles 37, 38 and 39
• Medieval settlement and field system, two bastles and a corn drying kiln, immediately north east of Bradley Hall
• Haltwhistle Burn 4 Roman temporary camp
• Roman quarry inscription on Queen's Crags, 680m south east of East Hotbank
• Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
• The easternmost of two shielings on the left bank of Small Burn
• Housesteads fort, section of Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of milecastle 36 and the field boundary west of turret 37a in wall miles 36 and 37
• Ring cairn and shieling immediately west of Chatley Crags
• The vallum and early Roman road between the field boundary east of turret 34a and the field boundary west of milecastle 36 in wall miles 34, 35 and 36
• Chesters Pike Roman temporary camp
• Seatsides 2 Roman temporary camp
• Bastle at Grandy's Knowe
• Round cairn, 120m ENE of Kingscrag Gate
• The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• The westernmost of two shielings on the left bank of Small Burn
• Shieling, 670m south west of Spy Crags
• Staward pele
• Shieling 900m north east of Rotheryhaugh
• Stone circle, defended settlement, Romano-British farmstead and field system, Roman camp and group of shielings immediately south of Greenlee Lough
• Round cairn, 150m ESE of Kingscrag Gate
• Hadrian's Wall and associated features between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park in wall miles 37, 38 and 39
• Bellister Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Cawfields Roman temporary camp
• Round cairn, 150m east of Kingscrag Gate
• Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Shieling, 500m south west of Spy Crags
• Ninebanks tower house
• Shieling on N bank of Irthing below Bells Braes
• Stone circle, 380m east of King's Crags
• Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, fortlet and section of the Stanegate
• Three prehistoric and Romano-British settlements and associated cord rig at Green Brae
• Bowl barrow 420m south west of New Beggarbog
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road to Caw Gap and the Caw Burn in wall miles 41 and 42
• The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road in Caw Gap in wall miles 39, 40 and 41
• Round cairn 450m north east of East Crindledikes
• Romano-British farmstead, 250m east of King's Crags
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall, associated features and a Romano-British settlement between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road through Caw Gap in wall miles 39 to 41
• Willimontswyke (uninhabited portions)
• Twice Brewed Roman temporary camp
• Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road from the west side of the road from Once Brewed to the south side of the B6318
• Camp in Oakwood SE of Plenmeller village
• Roman aqueduct to Great Chesters from the Cawburn
• Prehistoric settlement 230m north of Bradley
• Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Bean Burn 2 Roman temporary camp
• Shieling 290m south west of Benty Sike
• Shieling at Sundayburn Linn
• Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp
• Defended settlement and Roman signal station 410m south of West Crindledikes
• Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestones
• Milestone House Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Burnhead Roman temporary camp