Mitford Castle

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Mitford Castle is an English castle dating from the end of the 11th century and located at Mitford, Northumberland. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building, enlisted on 20 October 1969. The castle is also officially on the Buildings at Risk Register. The Norman motte and bailey castle stands on a small prominence, a somewhat elliptical mound, above the River Wansbeck. The selected building site allowed for the natural hill to be scarped and ditched, producing the motte. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°9'48"N, 1°44'4"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Belsay Castle, Belsay Hall, Carlisle Park, Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum.

6.8 miSW
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Belsay Castle
174 min walk • Belsay Castle, located in Northumberland, United Kingdom, is a historic fortress that beckons visitors with its unique blend of medieval military architecture and Grecian-inspired design elements. This grand structure, now operating as a museum, offers an intimate...
6.7 miSW
Museum, Garden, History museum
Belsay Hall, Morpeth
172 min walk • Belsay Hall is a Regency style country house located at Belsay, Northumberland. It is regarded as the first British country house to be built entirely in the new Greek revival style. It is a Grade I listed building.
1.9 miE
Garden, Playground, Park
Carlisle Park, Morpeth
49 min walk • Carlisle Park is a park located on the southern bank of the River Wansbeck in Morpeth, Northumberland. The park has the William Turner Garden, an aviary, a paddling pool, an ancient woodland, tennis courts, several bowling greens and a skate park.
1.9 miE
Museum, Specialty museum, Art gallery
Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum, Morpeth
49 min walk • The Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum is located in Morpeth Chantry, Morpeth, Northumberland, England. The museum, founded in 1987, contains a large collection of historic bagpipes, especially, but not exclusively, historic Northumbrian smallpipes and Border pipes, mainly based on the collection of William Alfred Cocks.
4.4 miE
Forts and castles
Bothal Castle
112 min walk • Bothal Castle is a castle and stately home in the village of the same name near the River Wansbeck, between Morpeth and Ashington in the English county of Northumberland. Botl is Old English for a dwelling. Bothal could refer to a particular dwelling or hall.
1.9 miE
Forts and castles
Morpeth Castle, Morpeth
48 min walk • Morpeth Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building at Morpeth, Northumberland, in northeast England. It has been restored by the Landmark Trust and is now available as a holiday rental home.
6.6 miSE
Park, Monuments and statues
Northumberlandia, Cramlington
169 min walk • Northumberlandia is a huge land sculpture in the shape of a reclining female figure, which was completed in 2012, near Cramlington, Northumberland, northern England. Made of 1.5 million tonnes of earth from neighbouring Shotton Surface Mine, it is 34 metres high and 400 metres long, set in a 19 hectares public park.
5.3 miS
Zoo
Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens, Ponteland
135 min walk • Northumberland College Zoo is a zoo located in Ponteland, Northumberland. Based within the 400-acre Kirkley Hall College campus, which is also shared with Kirkley Hall, the site is home to over 200 species and is managed by Northumberland College.
5.3 miSE
Park
Plessey Woods Country Park, Bedlington
137 min walk • Plessey Woods is a country park situated on the north bank of the River Blyth, in Northumberland. The park is accessed from the A192 in the village of Hartford Bridge, north of Cramlington and south west of Bedlington.
1.7 miE
Tower
Morpeth Clock Tower, Morpeth
44 min walk • Morpeth Clock Tower is a building located off the Market Place Morpeth. The tower stands 60 ft high with walls 3 ft 6 in thick. It stands close to the Morpeth Town Hall and the YMCA buildings of 1905. It is Grade II* listed building.
1.9 miE
Tea room, Church
Chantry Tea Rooms, Morpeth
48 min walk • Morpeth Chantry also known as All Saints Chantry is a Grade I listed building situated adjacent to the site of the ancient bridge across the River Wansbeck at Morpeth, Northumberland.