Dilston Castle
Dilston Castle is a ruined tower house at Dilston in the parish of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. Both the tower and its attendant private chapel are scheduled monuments and Grade I listed buildings.Photo: Peter Brooks, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: Grade I listed tower house in Northumberland, England, UK
- Also known as: “Dilston Castle (remains)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cambian Dilston College and Corbridge railway station.
Cambian Dilston College
College
Cambian Dilston College is a private further education college for those with special educational needs. It is located at Dilston Hall in Corbridge in the English county of Northumberland.
Corbridge railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bill Cresswell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corbridge is a railway station on the Tyne Valley Line, which runs between Newcastle and Carlisle via Hexham. The station, situated 19 miles 15 chains west of Newcastle, serves the village of Corbridge in Northumberland, England. Corbridge railway station is situated 1 mile east of Dilston Castle.
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. Coria is situated 1 mile north of Dilston Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anick and Beauclerc.
Anick
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandhoe, in Northumberland, England, situated to the north of Hexham. In 1881 the parish had a population of 153. Anick is situated 2 miles northwest of Dilston Castle.
Beauclerc
Hamlet
Beauclerc is a hamlet in Northumberland, England. It is situated to the west of Riding Mill, between Hexham and Newcastle upon Tyne. Beauclerc is situated 2 miles southeast of Dilston Castle.
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.
Dilston Castle
- Categories: dwelling, tower house, and historic site
- Location: Corbridge, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.96414° or 54° 57′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.03939° or 2° 2′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C6VXX76+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1434134303OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q5277069
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Dilston Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dilston Castle”
- Danish: “Dilston Castle”
- German: “Dilston Castle”
- Japanese: “ディルストン城”
- Swedish: “Dilston Castle”
- Turkish: “Dilston Kalesi”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dilston Physic Garden and Corbridge Roman Bridge (Site of).
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