Great Bavington

The Sad Castle

Harbottle · 7.5 miles

'The Sad Castle' by Felicity Lance, a pupil of Harbottle School, was chosen by the late Ted Hughes, the former Poet Laureate, to win a national Young Writers' Competition in 1997. Her poem has been carved into stone by stonemason, David Edwick.

Turret 33B (Coesike)

Greenhaugh · 15 miles

Former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia

statue of the 3rd Earl of Ravensworth

Thrunton Mill · 16 miles

Statue erected in 1905

Robin Hood Tree

Once Brewed · 17 miles

Tourist attraction and famous photographic subject. Believed to have been deliberately felled on the night of the 27th-28th Sep 2023: https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-09-28/world-famous-sycamore-gap-tree-believed-to-have-been-deliberately-felled

Learchild Roman fort

Thrunton · 17 miles

Site of Roman fort, described at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006440 and thought to be named ALAVNA.

Percy's Cross

Otterburn Camp · 0.1 miles