Ovington is a Village in the county of Northumberland.

Ovington postcode: NE42 6EL

Retail in Ovington

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

There are a number of villages near Ovington including Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.

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

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

Farne Islands is a great place to visit close to Ovington if you like islands.

Ovington's best nearby towns can be found at Hexham, and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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

Ancient Sites to visit near Ovington include Milfield North Henge.

There are a number of geological features near Ovington including Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.

Dunstanburgh Castle is a great place to visit close to Ovington if you like castles.

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

Don't miss Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort's roman sites if visiting the area around Ovington.

Ovington History

There are some historic monuments around Ovington:

• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Defended settlement and Romano-British settlement on Shildon Hill
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Round cairn, 280m SSE of Sandyway Heads
• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between Sunnybrae at Halton Shields and Haltonchesters Roman fort in wall miles 20 and 21
• Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm
• Market cross
• Wheelbirks furnace
• East Matfen medieval village and open field system
• Camp on Grindstone Law
• Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, to Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the March Burn and Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill in wall miles 13,14 and 15
• Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns
• 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
• Round cairn, 250m south east of Low Hall
• Standing stone with cup markings, 230m south of Sandyway Heads
• Shrunken medieval village, The Heugh
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6309 and the B6321 in wall miles 16, 17 and 18
• The vallum between Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, and Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum from East Town House, Heddon-on-the-Wall to the A69 trunk road in wall mile 12
• Welton medieval settlement, open field system and fishponds
• Romano-British farmstead, 900m north east of Thornborough High Barns
• Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the B6321 and Sunnybrae at Halton Shields, in wall miles 18 and 19
• Standing stone with cup markings, 50m south of Standing Stone Farm
• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Welton tower house
• Defended settlement, 400m south west of South Farm, Houghton