Wooler is a Town in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Wooler

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

The area around Wooler features a number of interesting villages including Milfield, Craster, Bamburgh, and Duddo.

There are a several good ancient sites in the Wooler area like Milfield North Henge, and Duddo Five Stones.

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

Wooler's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Don't miss Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap's geological features if visiting the area around Wooler.

Dunstanburgh Castle is one of Wooler's best, nearby castles to visit in Wooler.

The area around Wooler boasts some of the best ruins including Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

The area close to Wooler boasts some of the best islands including Farne Islands.

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

The area around Wooler features a number of interesting roman sites including Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

Historic Monuments to visit near Wooler include Flodden.

Wooler History

There are some historic monuments around Wooler:

• Cup and ring marked rocks 1/4 mile (400m) NE of Buttony Wood, Horton Moor
• Roman period native enclosed settlement and scooped enclosure on the south east slopes of Brands Hill, 350m north west of Cowboy's Cairn
• Reaveley Hill camp
• Coldmartin Tower, 260m north east of Tower Martin
• Reaveley Hill cairn cemetery
• Rock art on Weetwood Moor, 487m south of Clavering
• Romano-British settlements E of Yeavering Bell containing the Old Sheepfold settlement and settlements to the W and S of it
• Medieval chapel and graveyard, 170m east of Brandon
• Medieval shieling 600m south east of South Middleton
• Roman period native settlement and medieval shieling on east slopes of Brands Hill, 1100m south east of Carey Burn Bridge
• Iron Age multivallate hillfort and prehistoric trackway at Monday Cleugh
• Defended settlement 900m west of Calder
• Two Bronze Age round cairns and enclosed cremation cemetery 825m north west of Middleton Dean
• Site 1/2 mile (800m) W of Bewick Bridge
• Incised rocks at Fowberry Park
• Round cairn cemetery 1000m north west of Heddon Hill
• Round cairn 850m, and two Romano-British farmsteads, associated trackway, moated site, medieval settlement and field system 900m SSE of Middleton Dean
• Brandon Dean camp
• Bronze Age unenclosed settlement and field system with burial cairns south west of Brands Hill, 350m ENE of Langlee
• Wooler Tower on east side of Church Street
• Rock art on Weetwood Moor, 702m north east of Wooler Post Office Radio Station
• Settlement on north east slope of Yeavering Bell
• Coupland henge and section of droveway, 170m SSW of Cheviot Cottage
• Weetwood Bridge
• Reaveley Hill settlement
• Roman period native settlements, field system and medieval shieling on the east slope of Brands Hill, 550m west of Middleton Old Town
• Enclosed settlement and subsidiary enclosure on east slope of Brands Hill, 700m south west of the south western edge of Broom Crook Plantation
• Settlement, field systems and terraces on the south east slope of Yeavering Bell
• Prehistoric rock art, 92m south west of Buttony
• Prehistoric rock art 190m south west of Middleton Dean promontory fort
• The Ringles defended settlement 1025m north west of Middleton Dean
• Rock art on Weetwood Moor, 1km south of Clavering
• Percy's Cross, Beanley
• Prehistoric field system and unenclosed hut circle settlement on eastern slopes of Hart Heugh, 550m south west of Earlehillhead
• Bronze Age round cairn on summit of Hart Heugh, 780m south west of Earlehillhead
• Bronze Age unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and cairnfield, 630m south west of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Standing stone with cup markings 270m north west of Newtown Mill
• Marley Knowe round cairn
• Incised rocks 550yds (500m) NW of Doddington Dean Wood
• Bastle House
• Ewart Park henge
• Whitridge settlement site
• Two Roman period native settlements and associated field system on Coldberry Hill
• The Kettles univallate hillfort and enclosed settlement, 261m north west and 331m south west of King's Chair
• Rock art including four animal carvings at Goatscrag rock shelter, 155m north west of Routin Lynn
• Medieval shieling and enclosure 330m south west of Langlee
• Prehistoric field system and cairnfield east of Watch Hill, 520m NNE of footbridge over Carey Burn
• Round cairn on the southern slope of Dod Hill, 800m NNE of The Dod
• Unenclosed stone hut circle settlement 120m north west of Gleadscleugh
• Defended settlement, 550m south west of Broomhouse
• Roman period native scooped enclosure, 930m north east of Langlee
• Defended settlement on north slope of Harehope Hill, 570m south east of High Akled Cottages
• Prehistoric cairnfield and unenclosed settlement, Romano-British village and field system and medieval field system on north east slopes of Brands Hill
• Roughting Linn camp
• Kyloe Hills promontory fort
• Prehistoric enclosures, Bronze Age field system, unenclosed round houses and three cairns NW of Langlee Crags, 900m south of Langlee
• Parson's Tower
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and cairnfield 340m south west of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement and part of a field system, 880m north of Heddon Hill
• Chesters Strip Plantation earthwork near Fenton House, Nesbit
• Promontory fort 330m south east of Middleton Dean
• Romano-British farmstead 630m south west of White Gables
• Green Castle ringwork 320m south west of Humbleton Mill
• Site SE of Yeavering
• Settlement N of White Law
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement 1060m north west of Ilderton Moor
• Tathey Crags prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement
• Bronze Age cairnfield and cup and ring marked stone 550m north west of Middleton Dean
• Two pillboxes near Green Castle
• Romano-British farmstead 900m north east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Weetwood Moor round cairns
• Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon township and prehistoric remains
• Round cairn 760m south east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Settlement S of Hare Law
• Two prehistoric enclosures, field clearance cairns and unenclosed hut circle settlement north of Hart Heugh, 600m south west of Wooler Common
• Prehistoric enclosure, associated field system, cairnfield, round houses and medieval shielings on E and SE slopes of Brands Hill
• Prehistoric enclosure south west of Brands Hill and 870m east of Langlee
• West Lilburn chapel and burial ground
• Glead's Cleugh Iron Age promontory fort
• Castle Hill camp
• Roman period native farmstead north west of Long Crags, 600m south east of Langleeford
• South Ringles Roman period native settlement 850m north west of Middleton Dean
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement south east of Long Crags
• Group of burial mounds on Doddington North Moor
• Prehistoric hut circle 540m south of Gleadscleugh
• Bronze Age cairnfield on north west slopes of Hart Heugh, 900m south west of Wooler Common
• Rock art 350m east of The Ringses hillfort
• Incised rocks on Gled Law
• Cairnfield 420m south east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Defended settlement, 400m south west of Nesbit
• Bronze Age field system on Fredden Hill
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement and field system on Snear Hill, 700m west of the western edge of Coronation Wood
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, associated field system and cairnfield on Standrop Rigg, 820m north west of Linhope Spout
• Defended settlement, 380m south west of Sandy House
• Round cairn 435m south west of Langlee
• Circular enclosure W of Second Linthaugh
• Round cairn 790m west of Smithy Strip
• Fordwood camp, Broomridge Dean
• Rock art at Goatscrag, 200m north west of Routin Lynn
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle settlement west of Monday Cleugh, 520m SSE of Gleadscleugh
• Settlement 470m north east of Heddon Hill
• Round cairn on the summit of Heddon Hill
• Three round cairns on the summit of Dod Hill
• Site E of Milfield village
• Iron Age defended settlement 740m south east of South Middleton
• Roman period native settlement 750m north west of Carey Burn Bridge
• Romano-British farmstead on the eastern slope of Dod Hill, 1km north of The Dod
• Iron Age defended settlement and cultivation terraces 600m north east of Brown's Law Cottage
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement and field plots east of Rackside, 450m south west of Cowboy's Cairn
• Multivallate hillfort, at Fenton Hill
• Prehistoric field system, cairnfield, round cairns and enclosed cremation cemetery on east slopes of Fredden Hill, 750m west of Wooler Common
• Circular ditched enclosure W of Chatton
• Roman period native homestead 400m south of Humbleton Hill hillfort
• Cairns on Knock Hill
• Roman period native settlement on the south east slopes of Brands Hill, 430m north west of Cowboy's Cairn
• Unenclosed Bronze Age hut circle and clearance cairn 800m ESE of Langlee
• Roman temporary camp, 435m north west of Hetton North Farm
• Romano-British enclosed settlement, 405m east of Fowberry Moor
• Incised rocks in North Plantation, Fowberry Moor
• Buttony Wood camp, Horton Moor
• Prehistoric unenclosed hut circle and field plot at Lamb Crag
• The standing stones on Doddington Moor
• Iron Age defended settlement in Fox Covert
• Hut circle 320m west of Threestoneburn House
• Henge 600yds (550m) E of Akeld Lodge
• Newton Bridge
• Settlements SE of Heddon Hill
• Three Romano-British farmsteads and part of a field system on Heddon Hill 900m north west of Calder
• Defended settlement on White Hill, 700m south east of Kimmerston
• Bronze Age round house on Fredden Hill 880m south west of Bell's Valley
• Romano-British native farmstead 970m north east of triangulation point on Gains Law
• Romano-British farmstead and part of an associated field system 630m south west of White Gables
• Simonside camp
• Medieval standing cross known as the Hurl Stone, 900m north west of Newtown Mill
• Roman period native farmstead and associated scooped enclosures and trackways on east slope of Harehope Hill, 925m south east of High Akeld Cottages
• Roman period native settlement and associated field system and trackway on north east slope of Brands Hill
• Medieval chapel, 220m south east of White Gables
• Roman period native enclosed settlement 360m south east of Broadstruther
• North Middleton medieval village
• Two camps and cup and ring marked rocks on Dod Law
• Cup and ring marked rocks near Roughting Linn camp
• Prehistoric enclosed settlement, Iron Age hillfort and medieval shielings on Humbleton Hill
• The Ringses multivallate hillfort, Doddington Moor
• The Battle Stone
• Ford Colliery 920m north east of Blackcrag Wood
• Settlement 500yds (460m) SW of White Law
• Ford Westfield settlement
• Two incised rocks on Broom Ridge, Hunter's Moor
• Weetwood Bank cup and ring marked rock, 290m north west of Wooler Post Office Radio Station
• Defended settlement, 790m WNW of Howemoor Plantation
• Cairnfield 400m north of Threestoneburn House
• Stone circle and stone alignment 370m west of Threestoneburn House
• Prehistoric hut circle on Harehope Hill, 400m south east of Gleadscleugh
• Hut circle 770m south east of White Gables
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system, cairnfield and cord rig cultivation immediately north west of Linhope Spout
• Enclosed settlement on east slope of Brands Hill, 900m north of Cowboy's Cairn
• Roman period native settlement 400m WSW of Carey Burn Bridge
• Unenclosed scooped settlement on the east slope of Harehope Hill, 750m south east of High Akeld Cottages
• The Battle Stone, 650m WNW of Yeavering Farm
• Rock art on Weetwood Moor, 1km south west of Clavering
• Standing Stones camp, Horton Moor
• Incised rock on Hare Crags
• Henge, pit-circle and later cemetery, 850m north east of Millfield Hill
• Two prehistoric hut circles and field enclosure 560m south west of Cowboy's Cairn
• Medieval shieling and enclosure 340m north west of Gleadscleugh
• Roman period native settlement on south eastern slope of Hart Heugh, 490m north west of Carey Burn Bridge
• Prehistoric rock art, 225m east of Whitsunbank Hill
• Long cairn on the south western slope of Dod Hill, 1km north east of The Dod
• West Lilburn tower 50m north east of Lilburn Cottage
• Two medieval shielings on Akeld Hill, 680m WNW of Gleadscleugh
• Site SW of Thirlings