Plessey Woods Country Park, Bedlington

Name: Plessey Woods Country Park
Address: Visitors Centre Shields Road, Bedlington, NE22 6AN, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1670 824793

#1 among attractions in Bedlington

Top attraction, Park, Relax in park

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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. ()

Elevation: 144 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°6'56"N, 1°37'41"W

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Visitors Centre Shields RoadBedlington NE22 6AN United Kingdom

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+44 1670 824793

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Plessey Woods Country Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4.1 miNW
Garden, Playground, Park
Carlisle Park, Morpeth
105 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.
4.2 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum, Art gallery
Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum, Morpeth
108 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.
3.9 miN
Forts and castles
Bothal Castle
100 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.
4.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Morpeth Castle, Morpeth
104 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.
5.1 miNE
City hall
Ashington Town Hall, Ashington
131 min walk • Ashington Town Hall is a municipal building in Station Road in Ashington, Northumberland, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Ashington Urban District Council until 1974, is now the base of Ashington Town Council.
5.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Mitford Castle
137 min walk • 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.
1.9 miS
Park, Monuments and statues
Northumberlandia, Cramlington
48 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.
6.2 miSW
55°3'1"N • 1°44'9"W
Ponteland Golf Club, Ponteland
159 min walk • Golf
4.4 miNW
Tower
Morpeth Clock Tower, Morpeth
112 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.
4.2 miNW
Tea room, Church
Chantry Tea Rooms, Morpeth
109 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.
4.1 miNW
View point
Haw Hill, Morpeth
106 min walk • Haw Hill or Ha' Hill is a mound and scheduled monument in Carlisle Park, Morpeth which was the site of a motte-and-bailey castle, being Morpeth's first castle. The castle was built by the de Merlay family in 1095, originally constructed as a wooden structure, being replaced later by a stone castle in the same location.