Norham Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Name: Norham Castle
Address: Castle Terrace, Berwick-upon-Tweed, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Berwick-upon-Tweed

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture

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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. The castle saw much action during the wars between England and Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°43'17"N, 2°9'2"W

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Castle TerraceBerwick-upon-Tweed United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Shielfield Park, Etal Castle, Berwick Castle, Coldstream Bridge.

5.9 miNE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Sport venue
Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
150 min walk • Shielfield Park is a football stadium that is home to Berwick Rangers and Berwick Bandits speedway team. Although Berwick Rangers is a Scottish Lowland Football League club, Shielfield Park is situated in the English county of Northumberland.
5.2 miS
Forts and castles
Etal Castle, Ford and Etal
134 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.
6.5 miNE
Ruined castle overlooking the North Sea
Berwick Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed
166 min walk • Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.
5.8 miSW
Bridge
Coldstream Bridge, Coldstream
149 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.
6.4 miNE
Bridge
Berwick Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed
164 min walk • Berwick Bridge, also known as the Old Bridge, spans the River Tweed in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. The current structure is a Grade I listed stone bridge built between 1611 and 1624.
6.4 miNE
Bridge
Royal Tweed Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed
163 min walk • The Royal Tweed Bridge is a road bridge in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England crossing the River Tweed. It was intended to divert traffic from the 17th century Berwick Bridge, and until the 1980s it formed part of the A1 road, the main route from London to Edinburgh.
6.4 miNE
Bridge
Royal Border Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed
164 min walk • The Royal Border Bridge spans the River Tweed between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed railway viaduct built between 1847 and 1850, when it was opened by Queen Victoria.
2.8 miNE
Bridge
Union Chain Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed
71 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 miSW
Forts and castles
Twizell Castle
76 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.
3.2 miNE
Museum, Historical place, Architecture
Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed
82 min walk • Paxton House is a historic house at Paxton, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, a few miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, overlooking the River Tweed.
5.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Blackadder House
130 min walk • Blackadder House was an estate and stately house near the village of Allanton, in Berwickshire, Scotland. It was built on the site of the earlier Blackadder Castle. The house was vandalised by troops in World War I. Since there was no money to repair it, the house was demolished around 1925.