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Places of Interest

Coria

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coria was a fort and town 2.5 miles south of Hadrian's Wall, in the Roman province of Britannia. It was strategically located on the junction of a major Roman north–south road with the River Tyne and the Roman Stanegate road, which was also the first frontier line which ran east–west between Coria and Luguvalium.

Beaufront Castle

Castle

Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beaufront Castle is a privately owned 19th-century country house near Hexham, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. A pele tower was recorded at Beaufront in 1415.

Milecastle 23

Archaeological site

Photo: Sam.roebuck, CC BY 3.0.

Milecastle 23 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a low, grass covered platform with traces of an external ditch. It is located to the south of the B6318 Military Road around 1.5 kilometres west of its junction with the A68.

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Corbridge

Photo: RHaworth, CC BY 2.5.

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.

Hexham

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hexham is a small market town in the Tyne valley of Northumberland, 24 miles west of Newcastle. It's an attractive place with a medieval abbey and jail, and a good base for exploring Hadrian's Wall to the north.

Acomb

Village

Photo: Ann Hodgson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Acomb is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village lies 1.5 miles north of Hexham, its post town. As well as the village itself, the parish covers surrounding rural areas, with the southern boundary of the parish being the River Tyne.

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