Highland Britain
Highland Britain is a region in England, United Kingdom. Highland Britain is situated nearby to the hamlet Halton, as well as near Aydon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aydon Castle and Halton Castle.
Aydon Castle
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Aydon Castle, previously sometimes called Aydon Hall, is a fortified manor house at Aydon near to the town of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.
Halton Castle
Residential building
Halton Castle is a pele tower and grade I listed building situated close to Hadrian's Wall to the north of the village of Corbridge in Northumberland, England.
Milecastle 22
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 22 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a low, turf covered platform just east of the Portgate roundabout. The platform is 0.5 metres on the east side, reducing to only a parch mark on the west side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Halton and Aydon.
Halton
Hamlet
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Halton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whittington, in the southern part of Northumberland, England. It is situated 3 miles north of Corbridge just south of Hadrian's Wall.
Aydon
Hamlet
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Aydon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Corbridge, in Northumberland, England. It is about 2 miles northeast of Corbridge on the B6321 road.
Corbridge
Corbridge is a village in the Tyne valley of Northumberland, 16 miles west of Newcastle and 4 miles east of Hexham. It's an attractive small place and the main reasons to visit are to see the Roman town of Coria, and to explore Hadrian's Wall further north.
Highland Britain
- Type: Region
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55° northLongitude
-2° or 2° westElevation
420 feet (128 metres)Open location code
9C7W2222+22GeoNames ID
2646946
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Satellite Map
Discover Highland Britain from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Halton Shields and Stagshaw Bank.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Carr Hill and Coria.
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