Ovington is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Ovington postcode: NE42 6EL

Retail in Ovington

There are great places to visit near Ovington 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 great places to visit near Ovington if you like villages.

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

Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach are some of Ovington best beaches to visit near Ovington.

Hiking Areas to visit near Ovington include Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Ovington has some unmissable geological features nearby like Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

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

There are a several good ruins in the Ovington area like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

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

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

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

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

Ovington History

There are some historic monuments around Ovington:

• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• Standing stone with cup markings, 230m south of Sandyway Heads
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Defended settlement, 400m south west of South Farm, Houghton
• Standing stone with cup markings, 50m south of Standing Stone Farm
• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm
• Shrunken medieval village, The Heugh
• Camp on Grindstone Law
• Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6321 and Sunnybrae at Halton Shields, in wall miles 18 and 19
• Welton tower house
• Wheelbirks furnace
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6309 and the B6321 in wall miles 16, 17 and 18
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Round cairn, 250m south east of Low Hall
• Defended settlement and Romano-British settlement on Shildon Hill
• East Matfen medieval village and open field system
• Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the March Burn and Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill in wall miles 13,14 and 15
• Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, to Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Round cairn, 280m SSE of Sandyway Heads
• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12
• Market cross
• The vallum between Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, and Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• 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