Bywell Castle

#2178 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1430 (594 years ago)Coordinates: 54°57'0"N, 1°55'33"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Aydon Castle, Ovingham Bridge, Hagg Bank Bridge, Corbridge Bridge.

4.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Aydon Castle, Corbridge
105 min walk • Aydon Castle, previously sometimes called Aydon Hall, is a fortified manor house at Aydon near to the town of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
2.6 miNE
Bridge
Ovingham Bridge
67 min walk • Ovingham Bridges are a pair of side-by-side vehicle and pedestrian bridges across the River Tyne linking Ovingham and Prudhoe in Northumberland, England.
4.2 miNE
Historical place, Bridge
Hagg Bank Bridge, Wylam
108 min walk • Wylam Railway Bridge is a footbridge and former railway bridge crossing the River Tyne at Hagg Bank, approximately 1⁄2 mile west of Wylam in Northumberland, England.
4 miW
Bridge
Corbridge Bridge, Corbridge
103 min walk • Corbridge Bridge is a 17th-century stone bridge across the River Tyne at Corbridge, Northumberland, England. The bridge used to carry the A68 road over the River Tyne, but since the opening of the Hexham bypass the A68 now crosses by the Styford Bridge, 3 miles downstream of Corbridge.
4.1 miNW
Tower
Corbridge Vicar's Pele, Corbridge
104 min walk • Corbridge Vicar's Pele is a pele tower in the village of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. It was a three-storey defensive pele tower, with one room to each storey, built in the churchyard in 1318, and used as the vicarage for the adjacent church.
~700 ftS
Church
St Andrew's Church
4 min walk • St Andrew's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Bywell, Northumberland, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
1.7 miE
Historical place, History museum, Art museum
Cherryburn, Prudhoe
45 min walk • Cherryburn is a cottage in Mickley, Northumberland, England, which was the birthplace of Thomas Bewick, an English wood engraver and ornithologist. The cottage, its adjacent farmhouse and large grounds, have been managed by the National Trust since 1991 when they took over responsibility for the site from the Bewick Birthplace Trust.
4 miS
Church
St Andrew's Church
104 min walk • St Andrew's Church, Shotley, is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position at a height of 960 feet on Greymare Hill in Northumberland, England.
4.6 miNW
Area
Corbridge Lion, Corbridge
117 min walk • The Corbridge Lion, Northumberland, England, is an ancient Roman free-standing sandstone sculpture of a male lion standing on a prone animal on a semi-cylindrical coping stone base.
~1390 ftNE
Bridge
Bywell Bridge
7 min walk • Bywell Bridge is a 19th-century stone bridge across the River Tyne. It is a Grade II listed building.
3 miE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Prudhoe Castle, Prudhoe
77 min walk • Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.