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.

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

Milfield North Henge is one of Ovington's best, nearby ancient sites to visit in Ovington.

Ovington has some unmissable beaches nearby like Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

There are a number of hiking areas near Ovington including Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

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

The area around Ovington's best castles can be found at Dunstanburgh Castle.

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

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

There are a several good towns in the area around Ovington like Hexham.

Roman Sites to visit near Ovington include Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Ovington including Flodden.

Ovington History

There are some historic monuments around Ovington:

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