Whittonstall is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Whittonstall postcode: DH8 9JN

Retail in Whittonstall

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

Don't miss Milfield North Henge's ancient sites if visiting the area around Whittonstall.

The area around Whittonstall features a number of interesting beaches including Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham are great places to visit near Whittonstall if you like hiking areas.

There are a several good geological features in the Whittonstall area like Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

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

Ruins to visit near Whittonstall include Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

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

Whittonstall is near some unmissable towns like Hexham,

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

Historic Monuments to visit near Whittonstall include Flodden.

Whittonstall History

There are some historic monuments around Whittonstall:

• Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
• Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12
• Wheelbirks furnace
• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• Welton tower house
• Allensford blast furnace
• Monastic grange at Priory Farm
• 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
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• 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
• Defended settlement, 400m south west of South Farm, Houghton
• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• 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
• The vallum between Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, and Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from Throckley to East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall in wall mile 11