The Vindolanda landscape

The Vindolanda landscape is in Henshaw, Northumberland, England. The Vindolanda landscape is situated nearby to the ruins Bath House, as well as near Granary & Stores.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vindolanda and Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda.

Vindolanda

Fort

Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.

Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD. Vindolanda is situated 380 feet north of The Vindolanda landscape.

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda

Museum

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda is situated 650 feet northeast of The Vindolanda landscape.

Sycamore Gap tree

Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 120-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. Sycamore Gap tree is situated 1 mile northwest of The Vindolanda landscape.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Once Brewed and Plenmeller.

Once Brewed

Hamlet

Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Once Brewed is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the Military Road. A motorist arriving over the B6318 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".

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 4 miles southwest of The Vindolanda landscape.

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.

The Vindolanda landscape

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Henshaw, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

54.99039° or 54° 59′ 25″ north

Longitude

-2.35975° or 2° 21′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C6VXJRR+54

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10087846435

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover The Vindolanda landscape from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bath House and Well.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Pre-Hadrianic bath house and Beneath the Soil.

Northumberland: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Berwick-upon-Tweed, Lindisfarne, Alnwick, and Morpeth.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.