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, ancient sites, beaches, hiking areas, geological features, castles, ruins, islands, towns, roman sites and historic monuments.

Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh are some of Ovington best villages to visit near Ovington.

There are a number of ancient sites near to Ovington including Milfield North Henge.

Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach are great places to visit near Ovington if you like beaches.

There are a several good hiking areas in the Ovington area like Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham.

Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap are some of Ovington best geological features to visit near Ovington.

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

Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh are some of Ovington best ruins to visit near Ovington.

Islands to visit near Ovington include Farne Islands.

Ovington has some unmissable towns nearby like Hexham, and Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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

Flodden is one of Ovington's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Ovington.

Ovington History

There are some historic monuments around Ovington:

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