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.

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

Ancient Sites to visit near Melkridge include Milfield North Henge.

There are a number of beaches near Melkridge including Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Melkridge area like Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are some of Melkridge best geological features to visit near Melkridge.

Don't miss Dunstanburgh Castle's castles if visiting the area around Melkridge.

Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh are great places to visit near Melkridge if you like ruins.

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

Hexham is one of Melkridge's best, nearby towns to visit in Melkridge.

The area around Melkridge features a number of interesting roman sites including Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

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

Melkridge History

There are some historic monuments around Melkridge:

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