Bywell is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Bywell

There are great places to visit near Bywell including some great villages, ancient sites, beaches, hiking areas, geological features, castles, ruins, islands, towns, roman sites and historic monuments.

Don't miss Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh's villages if visiting the area around Bywell.

The area close to Bywell boasts some of the best ancient sites including Milfield North Henge.

Don't miss Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach's beaches if visiting the area around Bywell.

Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham are some of Bywell best hiking areas to visit near Bywell.

Bywell's best nearby geological features can be found at Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Don't miss Dunstanburgh Castle's castles if visiting the area around Bywell.

There are a several good ruins in the Bywell area like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

Farne Islands is one of Bywell's best, nearby islands to visit in Bywell.

Don't miss Hexham's towns if visiting the area around Bywell.

Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort are great places to visit near Bywell if you like roman sites.

There are a number of historic monuments near to Bywell including Flodden.

Bywell History

There are some historic monuments around Bywell:

• Defended settlement and Romano-British settlement on Shildon Hill
• Market cross
• East Matfen medieval village and open field system
• Standing stone with cup markings, 50m south of Standing Stone Farm
• Three temporary camps at Farnley Grange
• Haltonchesters Roman fort, settlement and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary east of Haltonchesters fort and the Fence Burn in wall mile 21
• Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
• Wheelbirks furnace
• Halton medieval settlement
• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21
• Vicar's pele tower
• Corbridge Bridge
• Corbridge (Corstopitum) Roman station
• Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, to Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• The vallum between Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, and Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the Fence Burn and the track to Portgate Cottage in wall miles 21 and 22
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Welton tower house
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6321 and Sunnybrae at Halton Shields, in wall miles 18 and 19
• Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the March Burn and Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill in wall miles 13,14 and 15
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6309 and the B6321 in wall miles 16, 17 and 18
• Rudchester Roman fort, associated civil settlement and a section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum from the A69 to the March Burn in wall mile 13
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Round cairn, 250m south east of Low Hall
• Aydon Castle medieval hall, fortified manor and eighteenth century farm buildings
• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Walker's Pottery