Halton Lea Gate is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Halton Lea Gate postcode: CA8 7LD

Retail in Halton Lea Gate

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

Halton Lea Gate's best nearby villages can be found at Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

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

The area around Halton Lea Gate features a number of interesting beaches including Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

Halton Lea Gate's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

There are a several good geological features in the Halton Lea Gate area like Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Dunstanburgh Castle is a great place to visit close to Halton Lea Gate if you like castles.

Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh are great places to visit near Halton Lea Gate if you like ruins.

Farne Islands is one of Halton Lea Gate's best, nearby islands to visit in Halton Lea Gate.

There are a several good towns in the area around Halton Lea Gate like Hexham.

Roman Sites to visit near Halton Lea Gate include Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

Historic Monuments to visit near Halton Lea Gate include Flodden.

Halton Lea Gate History

There are some historic monuments around Halton Lea Gate:

• Willowford Roman temporary camp
• The section of Stanegate Roman road from Fell End Roman temporary camp to the track to Old Shield, and the Roman cemetery adjacent to Carvoran Roman fort
• Burnhead Roman temporary camp
• The Curricks camp
• Roachburn Colliery
• Chesters Pike Roman temporary camp
• Blenkinsopp Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall
• Bellister Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Romano-British farmstead and post-medieval farmstead at Watch Hill
• St Cuthbert's Church, 100m north west of Upper Denton Farm
• Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Great Chesters Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall between the Caw Burn and the track to Cockmount Hill farm in wall miles 42 and 43
• The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundaries east of milecastle 50 and the boundary west of Coombe Crag in wall miles 50 and 51
• Bastle at Upper Denton
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum and their associated features between Poltross Burn and the River Irthing in wall mile 48
• Markham Cottage Roman temporary camps 1 and 2, a section of the Stanegate Roman road, a length of Roman road and two Roman cemeteries
• Thirlwall Castle
• Haltwhistle Burn Roman temporary camps 2 and 3 and area of cord rig cultivation
• Maiden Way Roman road over Hartleyburn Common and Glendue Fell
• 19th century zinc spelter works and 20th century fume works at Tindale and the Great Battery - part of Lord Carlisle's rail system, 290m SW of Riggfoot Farm
• Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, fortlet and section of the Stanegate
• Hadrian's Wall between Walltown Quarry East and Walltown Quarry West in wall mile 45
• Haltwhistle Burn 4 Roman temporary camp
• Enclosure castle known as Triermain Castle
• Whitley Castle Roman fort and vicus, 280m south west of Castle Nook
• Crooks Roman temporary camp
• Lees Hall Roman camp
• Carvoran Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the unclassified road to Old Shield and the field boundary west of the fort in wall miles 45 and 46
• Chapel Rigg Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Carvoran Roman fort and the west side of the B6318 road in wall mile 46
• Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Cawfields Roman temporary camp
• Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall, vallum, section of the Stanegate Roman road and a Roman temporary camp between the B6318 road and Poltross Burn in wall miles 46 and 47
• Roman signal station on Mains Rigg
• Kirkhaugh Bridge abutments 1/2 mile (800m) NE of Whitley Castle
• Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp
• Roman aqueduct to Great Chesters from the Cawburn
• Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp
• Throp Roman fortlet
• Moated site at Upper Denton
• Birdoswald Roman fort and the section of Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the River Irthing and the field boundaries east of milecastle 50
• Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road