Bolam Castle
Bolam Castle is a castle in Belsay, Northumberland, England. Bolam Castle is situated nearby to the hamlet Hartburn, as well as near the village Belsay.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belsay Castle and Aruna Ratanagiri.
Belsay Castle
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Belsay Castle is a 14th-century medieval castle situated at Belsay, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Monument and a Grade I listed building. The main structure, a substantial three-storey rectangular pele tower with rounded turrets and battlements, was constructed about 1370, and was the home of the Middleton family. Belsay Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Bolam Castle.
Aruna Ratanagiri
Buddhist temple
Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery is a Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Northumberland, England. The community consists of monks, novices and postulants from a wide range of nationalities, usually numbering around eight Sangha members. Aruna Ratanagiri is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Bolam Castle.
Belsay Hall
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Belsay Hall is a Regency style country house located at Belsay, Northumberland. It is regarded as the first British country house to be built entirely in the new Greek Revival style. Belsay Hall is situated 2½ miles south of Bolam Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bolam and Hartburn.
Bolam
Village
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Bolam is a village in the civil parish of Belsay in the county of Northumberland, England. The village is about 20 miles north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, near Bolam West Houses.
Hartburn
Hamlet
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Hartburn is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated about 6 miles to the west of Morpeth. The population at the 2011 census was 194. The place-name 'Hartburn' is first attested in Charter Rolls of 1198, where it appears as Herteburne. Hartburn is situated 2½ miles north of Bolam Castle.
Belsay
Village
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Belsay is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village is about 5 miles from Ponteland on the A696, which links the village with Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh. Belsay is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bolam Castle.
Bolam Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in the UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Belsay, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Bolam Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bolam Castle”
- Swedish: “Bolam Castle”
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