Wark on Tweed Castle

#4474 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Wark on Tweed Castle, sometimes referred to as Carham Castle is a ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the West end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland. The ruins are a Grade II* listed building. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°38'30"N, 2°16'53"W

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Wark FarmEnglandUnited Kingdom

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Wark on Tweed Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norham Castle, Coldstream Bridge, Twizell Castle, Ednam.

7.5 miNE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Norham Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed
191 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.
1.8 miNE
Bridge
Coldstream Bridge, Coldstream
46 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.
4.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Twizell Castle
119 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.
5.5 miW
Church
Ednam
140 min walk • Ednam Church is a member church of the Church of Scotland and is co–joined with Kelso North Church in Kelso. Ednam is in the old county of Roxburghshire now part of the Scottish Borders Council.
6.7 miNE
Bridge
Ladykirk and Norham Bridge
172 min walk • The Ladykirk and Norham Bridge connects Ladykirk in the Borders, Scotland, with Norham in Northumberland, England, across the River Tweed.
6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Housedon Hill
154 min walk • Housedon Hill is a hill on the northwestern edge of the Cheviot Hills in Northumberland, England. It is the northernmost Marilyn in England, the summit lying only about 4 miles from the Scottish border, which runs to the north and west.
1.3 miNE
55°39'2"N • 2°15'3"W
Coldstream Museum, Coldstream
34 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
1.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake of the Hirsel
29 min walk • The Lake of the Hirsel or Hirsel Lake is an artificial body of water and Site of Special Scientific Interest near Coldstream in Berwickshire in Scotland.
4.5 miNW
Memorial
Crosshall cross
115 min walk • The Crosshall Cross is a cross at Crosshall Farm, Eccles, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in historic Berwickshire. The cross is situated near Crosshall farmhouse and is said to date from the 12th century, after the Second Crusade.
5.6 miNW
Tower
Bite-about Pele
142 min walk • Bite-about is a very ruined pele tower or bastle house. It is situated in the parish of Eccles, between the villages of Fogo and Swinton to the south of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland.