Walltown Hill

Walltown Hill is a hill in Greenhead, Northumberland, England and has an elevation of 948 feet. Walltown Hill is situated nearby to the village Greenhead, as well as near Gilsland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hadrian’s Wall and Milecastle 44.

Hadrian’s Wall

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hadrian's Wall was built by the Roman Empire to protect their territory in England from the Pictish tribes of Scotland. It was built relatively quickly from 122 AD, with associated castles and forts, and stretches for 73 miles from the Tyne estuary on the east coast to Solway Firth on the west coast.

Milecastle 44

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milecastle 44 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.

Milecastle 45

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milecastle 45 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haltwhistle and Gilsland.

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.

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 3 miles west of Walltown Hill.

Plenmeller

Locality

Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 3 miles southeast of Walltown Hill.

Walltown Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 948 feet
Category: landform
Location: Greenhead, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.99508° or 54° 59′ 42″ north

Longitude

-2.49622° or 2° 29′ 46″ west

Elevation

948 feet (289 metres)

Open location code

9C6VXGW3+2G

GeoNames ID

12610392

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