Stocksfield is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Stocksfield postcode: NE43 7ND

Retail in Stocksfield

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

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

Milfield North Henge is a great place to visit close to Stocksfield if you like ancient sites.

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

Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham are some of Stocksfield best hiking areas to visit near Stocksfield.

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

There are a several good castles in the area around Stocksfield like Dunstanburgh Castle.

There are a number of ruins near Stocksfield including Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

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

Towns to visit near Stocksfield include Hexham.

Stocksfield has some unmissable roman sites nearby like Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

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

Stocksfield History

There are some historic monuments around Stocksfield:

• Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings
• Three temporary camps at Farnley Grange
• Allensford blast furnace
• East Matfen medieval village and open field system
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21
• Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, to Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Market cross
• Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
• Round cairn, 250m south east of Low Hall
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• 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
• Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns
• Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
• Welton tower house
• Wheelbirks furnace
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6321 and Sunnybrae at Halton Shields, in wall miles 18 and 19
• Standing stone with cup markings, 50m south of Standing Stone Farm
• Defended settlement and Romano-British settlement on Shildon Hill
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Walker's Pottery
• 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
• The vallum between Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, and Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Halton medieval settlement
• Haltonchesters Roman fort, settlement and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary east of Haltonchesters fort and the Fence Burn in wall mile 21