Wark is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Wark postcode: TD12 4RF

Retail in Wark

There are great places to visit near Wark 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 Wark best villages to visit near Wark.

There are a number of ancient sites near to Wark including Milfield North Henge.

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

Don't miss Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham's hiking areas if visiting the area around Wark.

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

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

Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh are some of Wark best ruins to visit near Wark.

There are a number of islands near to Wark including Farne Islands.

Don't miss Hexham, and Berwick-upon-Tweed's towns if visiting the area around Wark.

There are a several good roman sites in the Wark area like Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

The area close to Wark boasts some of the best historic monuments including Flodden.

Wark History

There are some historic monuments around Wark:

• Roman period native settlement on east slope of Mid Hill, 520m south of Staw Hill Camp
• The King's Stone NW of Crookham Westfield Farm
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 700m south of Ring Chesters defended settlement
• East Moneylaws camp
• Enclosed settlement and subsidiary enclosures 160m N of Ring Chesters defended settlement
• Hut circle, cultivation terraces and farmstead of later prehistoric date, and medieval settlement and field system 800m and 740m south of Elsdonburn Shank
• Wark Castle motte and bailey castle and artillery fort
• Burnt Humbleton,fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM4668
• Five shielings 620m NNE of Elsdonburn Shank
• The Mount, motte-and-bailey castle Secular: motte SM386
• Settlement at Scaldhill Shank
• Defended settlement, 507m north west of Pawston Lake
• Little Hetha defended settlement
• Hirsel Law, fort Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM12349
• Bellshiel, fort 540m N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM12536
• Twizel Bridge
• Staw Hill defended settlement
• Mersington House, deserted medieval village 100m SW of Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships SM4446
• Hetha Burn defended settlement, Roman period native enclosed settlement and associated trackways
• Southern ring cairn on Coldsmouth Hill
• Eccles, St Mary's Convent, nunnery Ecclesiastical: nunnery SM8232
• Settlement north west of Ell's Knowe
• House platform north west of Laddie's Knowe settlement
• Roman period native settlement 250m west of Elsdonburn Shank
• The Hirsel,settlements & ecclesiastical remains S of Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM4522
• Redden,fort and enclosure 750m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5601
• Cottage Hospital, settlement 250m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM12356
• Mid Hill enclosed settlement, Westnewton
• Hamilton House, fort 275m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM12362
• Downham camp
• Cornhill Castle
• Roman period native settlement 200m SSE of Staw Hill defended settlement
• Enclosed settlement, 620m south east of Cornhill Castle
• Lochton,enclosure 250m SSE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5225
• Ell's Knowe defended settlement and earlier palisaded site
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 600m north east of Elsdonburn Shank
• Northern ring cairn on Coldsmouth Hill
• Littlehaugh Shiel, fort 400m WSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM12401
• Elsdonburn Roman period native settlements and medieval shieling
• Birgham Haugh,fort and enclosures 800m SW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM5017
• Bowmont Hill camp
• Roman period aggregate village on Coldsmouth Hill, 650m south east of St Ethelrede's Chapel
• Redden, settlement 60m SE of Secular: settlement, including deserted, depopulated and townships SM13579
• Belchester,fort 200m W of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM4547
• Ladykirk House, barrow 105m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM4470
• St Giles's medieval chapel and burial ground, Wark on Tweed
• Enclosed settlement west of Mid Hill
• Homebank,enclosure 1100m ENE of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM5190
• Homebank,ring-ditch 1500m E of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM5016
• Settlement SW of Mid Hill
• Settlements and cairn east of Laddies Knowe
• Roman period native farmstead 320m north east of Longknowe
• Settlement WSW of Ell's Knowe
• Moneylaws Castle Hill camp
• Ring Chesters defended settlement
• Twizel medieval tower house and village, post-medieval folly and garden