Bellingham Castle

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Bellingham Castle was a motte and bailey fortress in Northumberland, founded by the De Bellingham family. Its remains lie 5 miles east of Dally Castle, near the village of Bellingham. There is no evidence to suggest that any fortification existed on the site before 1157, when the lands were granted as liberty to the King of Scotland. According to sources, a castle and manor house was erected on a mound now known as Hallsfield during the reign of Richard II by a certain Richard De Bellingham of the De Bellingham Family, who were given the estate as well as the title of Baron by the monarch. The estate was then passed on to the Derwentwater family. However due to his joining the rebel cause during the Jacobite Rising of 1715, James Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Derwentwater was stripped of his title and his estate and after his attainder and execution, the manor was awarded to the Governors of the Greenwich Hospital. By the 13th century all traces of the castle proper and its fortifications had been lost. ()

Coordinates: 55°8'34"N, 2°15'4"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Chipchase Castle, Dally Castle, Habitancum, Wark Bridge.

5.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Chipchase Castle
132 min walk • Chipchase Castle is a 17th-century Jacobean mansion incorporating a substantial 14th-century pele tower, which stands north of Hadrian's Wall, near Wark on Tyne, between Bellingham and Hexham in Northumberland, England.
4.2 miW
Forts and castles
Dally Castle, Northumberland National Park
107 min walk • Dally Castle is a ruined 13th-century stone motte-and-bailey fortress in Northumberland, and one of the first hall houses in Northumberland. It lies 5 miles west of Bellingham Castle, and 4 miles west of Bellingham on the Chirdon Burn, a tributary of the North Tyne. Dally Castle House was built in the 18th century next to the castle.
3.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Habitancum
92 min walk • Habitancum was an ancient Roman fort located at Risingham, Northumberland, England. The fort was one of the defensive structures built along Dere Street, a Roman road running from York to Corbridge and onwards to Melrose.
4 miS
Bridge
Wark Bridge
104 min walk • Wark Bridge is an iron bridge over the River North Tyne at Wark on Tyne in Northumberland.
4.4 miNW
Bridge
Greystead Bridge, Northumberland National Park
113 min walk • Greystead Bridge is a wooden suspension bridge across the River North Tyne at Greystead in Northumberland.
0.4 miW
Bridge
Bellingham Bridge, Northumberland National Park
12 min walk • Bellingham Bridge is a stone bridge across the River North Tyne at Bellingham in Northumberland, England.
6 miNW
Vernacular architecture
Black Middens Bastle House, Northumberland National Park
152 min walk • Black Middens Bastle House lies about 7 miles northwest of Bellingham, Northumberland. It is a two-storey fortified stone farmhouse from the 16th century. In times of trouble, which were common on the English-Scottish border, farmers could hide behind its thick walls. Livestock would be kept downstairs and the farmers' families upstairs.
5.3 miS
Archaeological site
The Goatstones, Northumberland National Park
134 min walk • The Goatstones is a Bronze-Age four-poster stone circle located near Ravensheugh Crags in Northumberland, England. It is 2.5 miles to the north of Hadrian's Wall in the parish of Wark-on-Tyne.
3.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Tarset Castle, Northumberland National Park
91 min walk • Tarset Castle is a ruin near Tarset in Northumberland.