Etal Castle, Ford and Etal

Name: Etal Castle
Address: 4 Etal, Ford and Etal, TD12 4TN, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1890 820332

#1 among attractions in Ford and Etal

Forts and castles, Top attraction

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Etal Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Etal, Northumberland, England. It was built around 1341 by Robert Manners, and comprised a residential tower, a gatehouse and a corner tower, protected by a curtain wall. The castle was involved both in local feuding and the border wars between England and Scotland. There was a battle between the rival Manners and Heron families outside the walls in 1428, and in 1513 it was briefly captured by King James IV of Scotland during his invasion of England. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°38'50"N, 2°7'14"W

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4 EtalFord and Etal TD12 4TN United Kingdom

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+44 1890 820332

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Ford and Etal

Day trips

Etal Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norham Castle, Ford Castle, Lady Waterford Hall, Coldstream Bridge.

5.2 miN
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Norham Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed
134 min walk • Norham Castle is a castle in Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
1.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Ford Castle, Ford and Etal
42 min walk • Ford Castle is a Grade I listed building situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland, England. The castle dates from about 1278. The owner Sir William Heron was granted a licence to crenellate the castle in 1338. It was captured by the Scots in 1385 and dismantled by them.
1.7 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Lady Waterford Hall, Berwick-upon-Tweed
45 min walk • Lady Waterford Hall is the former village school of the estate village of Ford, Northumberland. It is now used as the village hall and is a Grade II* listed building.
4.8 miW
Bridge
Coldstream Bridge, Coldstream
122 min walk • Coldstream Bridge, linking Coldstream, Scottish Borders with Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, is an 18th-century Category A/Grade II* listed bridge between England and Scotland, across the River Tweed. The bridge carries the A697 road across the Tweed.
3.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Twizell Castle
93 min walk • Twizell Castle is a Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument which stands on a bend of the River Till at Tillmouth Park, Northumberland, northern England. Below it, the medieval Twizell Bridge spans the river. It is located 10 miles south-west of Berwick Upon Tweed.
0.8 miSE
Museum, Scenic railroads, Tours
Heatherslaw Mill, Ford and Etal
20 min walk • Heatherslaw Mill is a water mill situated on the Ford and Etal Estate, 7 miles north of the town of Wooler in the English county of Northumberland. It is a restored 19th century water driven cornmill. Traditional methods and original machinery powered by the River Till are used to grind locally grown wheat into wholemeal flour.
4.5 miE
Forts and castles
Barmoor Castle
115 min walk • Barmoor Castle is a privately owned 19th-century country house built on an ancient site in Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building. As at 2008 the decaying building is officially listed on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.
5.1 miS
Forts and castles
Coupland Castle
130 min walk • Coupland Castle is situated in the village of Coupland, 4 miles to the north-west of Wooler, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
5.4 miNW
Bridge
Ladykirk and Norham Bridge
138 min walk • The Ladykirk and Norham Bridge connects Ladykirk in the Borders, Scotland, with Norham in Northumberland, England, across the River Tweed.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Housedon Hill
107 min walk • Housedon Hill is a hill on the northwestern edge of the Cheviot Hills in Northumberland, England. It is the northernmost Marilyn in England, the summit lying only about 4 miles from the Scottish border, which runs to the north and west.
2.7 miN
Archaeological site
Duddo Five Stones
70 min walk • Duddo Five Stones is a stone circle north of Duddo in North Northumberland, approximately 4miles South of the Scottish Border. The stones were known as the Four Stones until 1903, when the fifth stone was re-erected to improve the skyline.