Bewcastle Castle
#2388 among destinations in the United Kingdom


Facts and practical information
Bewcastle Castle is a ruined castle in the parish of Bewcastle in the English county of Cumbria, a few miles from the Scottish border. ()
EnglandUnited Kingdom
Bewcastle Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Bewcastle Cross, Birdoswald Roman Fort, Askerton Castle, Banna.
~370 ftSMemorialBewcastle Cross
2 min walk • The Bewcastle Cross is an Anglo-Saxon cross which is still in its original position within the churchyard of St Cuthbert's church at Bewcastle, in the English county of Cumbria. The cross, which probably dates from the 7th or early 8th century, features reliefs and inscriptions in the runic alphabet.
6.1 miSEMuseumBirdoswald Roman Fort, Brampton
155 min walk • Birdoswald Roman Fort was known as Banna in Roman times, reflecting the geography of the site on a triangular spur of land bounded by cliffs to the south and east commanding a broad meander of the River Irthing in Cumbria below.
3.5 miSForts and castlesAskerton Castle
89 min walk • Askerton Castle is a medieval fortified manor house in Cumbria, England.
6.1 miSEAreaBanna, Hadrian's Wall
155 min walk • Birdoswald Roman Fort was known as Banna in Roman times, reflecting the geography of the site on a triangular spur of land bounded by cliffs to the south and east commanding a broad meander of the River Irthing in Cumbria below.
6.8 miSEAreaMilecastle 48, Hadrian's Wall
173 min walk • Milecastle 48, is a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Its remains lie near the village of Gilsland in Cumbria where it was historically known as "The King's Stables", owing to the well-preserved interior walls. Unusually a substantial section of stone stairs has survived within the milecastle.
6.1 miSE 6.2 miSEChurchSt Mary Magdalene's Church, Hadrian's Wall
159 min walk • St Mary Magdalene’s Church is a small mid-Victorian Anglican church on an isolated hillside in north-east Cumbria, England.
5.9 miSE 7.4 miSE 6 miSEAreaMilecastle 50TW, Hadrian's Wall
154 min walk • Milecastle 50TW was a milecastle on the Turf Wall section of Hadrian's Wall. The milecastle is located close to the Birdoswald Roman Fort and is unique in that it was not replaced by a stone milecastle when the turf wall was upgraded to stone, the replacement wall instead running some 200m to the north.
5.9 miSERock, NaturePopping Stone, Hadrian's Wall
151 min walk • The Popping Stone is a group of three rounded boulders in the Irthing Gorge near the village of Gilsland. It was not always this shape, however, and photographs from before 1870 show a single, much larger stone that must have been drastically altered soon after this date.