Duddo Tower

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Duddo Tower is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed building comprising the ruinous remains of an ancient pele tower and 16th century tower house, situated on a prominence on the south side of the village of Duddo, Northumberland, England. ()

Coordinates: 55°40'34"N, 2°6'4"W

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Duddo Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

2.1 miS
Forts and castles
Etal Castle, Ford and Etal
55 min walk • 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.
3.7 miNW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Norham Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed
94 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.
3.1 miS
Forts and castles
Ford Castle, Ford and Etal
80 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.
3.1 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Lady Waterford Hall, Berwick-upon-Tweed
80 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.
5.7 miW
Bridge
Coldstream Bridge, Coldstream
145 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.
5.3 miN
Bridge
Union Chain Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed
135 min walk • The Union Chain Bridge or Union Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Tweed four miles upstream of Berwick, straddling the border between England and Scotland.
3.4 miW
Forts and castles
Twizell Castle
88 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.
2.6 miS
Museum, Scenic railroads, Tours
Heatherslaw Mill, Ford and Etal
66 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 miSE
Forts and castles
Barmoor Castle
103 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.
4.2 miNW
Bridge
Ladykirk and Norham Bridge
107 min walk • The Ladykirk and Norham Bridge connects Ladykirk in the Borders, Scotland, with Norham in Northumberland, England, across the River Tweed.
0.9 miNW
Archaeological site
Duddo Five Stones
22 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.