Thirlwall Castle
Thirlwall Castle is a 12th-century castle in Northumberland, England, on the bank of the River Tipalt close to the village of Greenhead and approximately 20 miles west of Hexham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Magnis and Milecastle 46.
Magnis
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Magnis or Magna was a Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain. Its ruins are now known as Carvoran Roman Fort and are located near Carvoran, Northumberland, in northern England. Magnis is situated 2,500 feet southeast of Thirlwall Castle.
Milecastle 46
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 46 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Milecastle 46 is situated 1,800 feet east of Thirlwall Castle.
Church of St Cuthbert
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Cuthbert is situated 2,700 feet south of Thirlwall Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilsland and Haltwhistle.
Gilsland
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland. Gilsland is situated 1½ miles west of Thirlwall Castle.
Haltwhistle
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.
Rowfoot
Hamlet
Rowfoot is a hamlet in the civil parish of Featherstone, in Northumberland, England. It was historically served by Featherstone Park railway station. Rowfoot is situated 3½ miles southeast of Thirlwall Castle.
Thirlwall Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Grade I listed castle in Thirlwall, Northumberland, England, UK
- Categories: castle, building, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Thirlwall, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.9888° or 54° 59′ 20″ northLongitude
-2.53373° or 2° 32′ 1″ westElevation
466 feet (142 metres)Open location code
9C6VXFQ8+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 337980776OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Thirlwall Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thirlwall Castle”
- Danish: “Thirlwall Castle”
- French: “château de Thirlwall”
- French: “Château de Thirlwall”
- German: “Thirlwall Castle”
- Swedish: “Thirlwall Castle”
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Explore places such as Bull’s Scar and Greenhead.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thirlwall Castle”. Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.