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Battle of Newburn Ford

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The Battle of Newburn Ford was fought here in 1640. It is the only registered battlefield in Tyne and Wear, one of 47 in England. The registered area covers 3.4 km². Blaydon Station is 2.8 km away to the south-east.

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Photo along the Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile National Trail running from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway, England.Iconic

Hadrian's Wall Path

National Trail

Coast to coast along the Roman frontier, milecastle by milecastle.

0.3 km NE · Northumberland, Cumbria & Tyne and Wear

Photo of Denton Hall Turret, Hadrian's Wall, a frontier wall near Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, north east England.

Denton Hall Turret, Hadrian's Wall

Frontier wall near Newcastle upon Tyne

Low footings of turret 7b with a 65-metre run of broad Wall beside the busy West Road on Newcastle's western edge.

3.4 km E

Photo of Heddon-on-the-Wall, Hadrian's Wall, a frontier wall near Wylam, Northumberland, north east England.

Heddon-on-the-Wall, Hadrian's Wall

Frontier wall near Wylam

The best-preserved excavated length of the original Broad Wall, about 3 metres thick at Heddon, with a medieval corn-drying kiln built into it.

3.5 km NW

Photo of Benwell Vallum Crossing, a frontier wall near Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, north east England.

Benwell Vallum Crossing

Frontier wall near Newcastle upon Tyne

Stone causeway carrying the road to Benwell fort over the Vallum ditch, the only such crossing still visible anywhere along Hadrian's Wall.

5.4 km E

Photo of Benwell Roman Temple, a Roman site near Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, north east England.

Benwell Roman Temple

roman-temple near Newcastle upon Tyne

Footings of a little Roman shrine to the local god Antenociticus, from the settlement beside Benwell fort, now in a quiet street of Newcastle houses.

5.6 km E

Photo of Gibside, a Grade I registered house & garden near Wylam, Tyne and Wear, north east England.Highlight

Gibside

House & garden near Wylam

A Georgian landscape estate with a ruined hall and Palladian chapel by James Paine.

6.7 km S