Melkridge is a Town in the county of Northumberland.

Retail in Melkridge

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

The area around Melkridge features a number of interesting villages including Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

Milfield North Henge is a great place to visit close to Melkridge if you like ancient sites.

Beaches to visit near Melkridge include Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.

Don't miss Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham's hiking areas if visiting the area around Melkridge.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are great places to visit near Melkridge if you like geological features.

Dunstanburgh Castle is one of Melkridge's best, nearby castles to visit in Melkridge.

Melkridge has some unmissable ruins nearby like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.

There are a several good islands in the area around Melkridge like Farne Islands.

Hexham is one of Melkridge's best, nearby towns to visit in Melkridge.

Melkridge has some unmissable roman sites nearby like Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.

There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Melkridge like Flodden.

Melkridge History

There are some historic monuments around Melkridge:

• Round cairn, 150m ESE of Kingscrag Gate
• Roman quarry inscription on Queen's Crags, 680m south east of East Hotbank
• Sunny Rigg 1 Roman temporary camp
• Defended settlement and Roman signal station 410m south of West Crindledikes
• Mare and Foal stone circle, 400m north east of Milestone House
• Markham Cottage Roman temporary camps 1 and 2, a section of the Stanegate Roman road, a length of Roman road and two Roman cemeteries
• Shieling 900m north east of Rotheryhaugh
• Haltwhistle Burn Roman temporary camps 2 and 3 and area of cord rig cultivation
• 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
• Hadrian's Wall and associated features between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park in wall miles 37, 38 and 39
• Roman aqueduct to Great Chesters from the Cawburn
• Shieling 290m south west of Benty Sike
• Shieling and associated building 1.45km west of Blue Hemmel
• Sunny Rigg 2 Roman temporary camp
• Round cairn 450m north east of East Crindledikes
• Willimontswyke (uninhabited portions)
• Shieling, 500m east of Stowerhill Plantation
• The easternmost of two shielings on the left bank of Small Burn
• 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
• Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestones
• Round cairn 380m north of Codley Gate
• The vallum between Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry West in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Prehistoric settlement 230m north of Bradley
• Shieling on N bank of Irthing below Bells Braes
• Camp in Oakwood SE of Plenmeller village
• Stone circle, 380m east of King's Crags
• Bean Burn 1 Roman temporary camp
• Staward pele
• The westernmost of two shielings on the left bank of Small Burn
• Burnhead Roman temporary camp
• Sunny Rigg 3 Roman temporary camp
• Three prehistoric and Romano-British settlements and associated cord rig at Green Brae
• Milestone House Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Chesters Pike Roman temporary camp
• Round cairn, 150m east of Kingscrag Gate
• Fell End Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road
• Romano-British farmstead, 250m east of King's Crags
• Bellister Castle (uninhabited parts)
• Bean Burn 2 Roman temporary camp
• Haltwhistle Burn 4 Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the road to Caw Gap and the Caw Burn in wall miles 41 and 42
• The vallum between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road in Caw Gap in wall miles 39, 40 and 41
• Seatsides 1 Roman temporary camp and section of the Stanegate Roman road from the west side of the road from Once Brewed to the south side of the B6318
• Bowl barrow 420m south west of New Beggarbog
• Shieling at Sundayburn Linn
• Hadrian's Wall, associated features and a Romano-British settlement between the road to Steel Rigg car park and the road through Caw Gap in wall miles 39 to 41
• Round cairn, 120m ENE of Kingscrag Gate
• Cawfields Roman temporary camp
• Lees Hall Roman camp
• Ring cairn and shieling immediately west of Chatley Crags
• Twice Brewed Roman temporary camp
• Hadrian's Wall between the track to Cockmount Hill and Walltown Quarry East in wall miles 43, 44 and 45
• Shieling, 500m south west of Spy Crags
• The vallum and a British settlement between the field boundary west of turret 37a and the road to Steel Rigg car park, in wall miles 37, 38 and 39
• Shieling, 670m south west of Spy Crags
• The vallum and early Roman road between the field boundary east of turret 34a and the field boundary west of milecastle 36 in wall miles 34, 35 and 36
• Stone circle, defended settlement, Romano-British farmstead and field system, Roman camp and group of shielings immediately south of Greenlee Lough
• Medieval settlement and field system, two bastles and a corn drying kiln, immediately north east of Bradley Hall
• Housesteads fort, section of Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of milecastle 36 and the field boundary west of turret 37a in wall miles 36 and 37
• Round cairn, 120m south of King's Crags
• Seatsides 2 Roman temporary camp
• Bastle at Grandy's Knowe
• Haltwhistle Burn 1 Roman temporary camp, fortlet and section of the Stanegate
• Ninebanks tower house