Ovingham is a Town in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Ovingham

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

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

Ovingham is near some unmissable ancient sites like Milfield North Henge,

Ovingham's best nearby beaches can be found at Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Ovingham area like 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 Ovingham if you like geological features.

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

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

Farne Islands is one of Ovingham's best, nearby islands to visit in Ovingham.

The area close to Ovingham boasts some of the best towns including Hexham.

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

Flodden is one of Ovingham's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Ovingham.

Ovingham History

There are some historic monuments around Ovingham:

• Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
• The vallum between Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, and Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Wheelbirks furnace
• Market cross
• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• Round cairn at Heddon Laws Farm
• Standing stone with cup markings, 230m south of Sandyway Heads
• Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6309 and the B6321 in wall miles 16, 17 and 18
• Rudchester Roman fort, associated civil settlement and a section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum from the A69 to the March Burn in wall mile 13
• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Shrunken medieval village, The Heugh
• Round cairn, 280m SSE of Sandyway Heads
• Round cairn, 250m south east of Low Hall
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from Throckley to East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall in wall mile 11
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the March Burn and Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill in wall miles 13,14 and 15
• Defended settlement and Romano-British settlement on Shildon Hill
• East Matfen medieval village and open field system
• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm
• Defended settlement, 400m south west of South Farm, Houghton
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12
• Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns
• Standing stone with cup markings, 50m south of Standing Stone Farm
• Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, to Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Welton tower house