Birgham Wood

Birgham Wood is a forest in Carham, Northumberland, England. Birgham Wood is situated nearby to the hamlet Homebank, as well as near the locality Horse Bog.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wark on Tweed Castle and Carham Hall.

Wark on Tweed Castle

Archaeological site

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wark on Tweed Castle, sometimes referred to as Carham Castle, is a ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the west end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland. The ruins are a Grade II* listed building.

Carham Hall

Building

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carham Hall is a grade II listed building near Carham in Northumberland, England. The site, on the Scottish border, was previously occupied by a medieval tower house, built as a defence from border reivers.

Coldstream Cottage Hospital

Clinic

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coldstream Cottage Hospital was a community hospital located at Coldstream in Scotland. It was managed by NHS Borders.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coldstream and Carham.

Coldstream

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Coldstream is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A former burgh, Coldstream is the namesake of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army, so called because they marched from Coldstream to help restore the British Monarchy in 1660.

Carham

Village

Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Carham or Carham on Tweed is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the south side of the River Tweed about 3 miles west of Coldstream.

Wark on Tweed

Village

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wark or Wark on Tweed is a village in the English county of Northumberland. It lies about 15 mi south west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It is on the south bank of the River Tweed, which marks the border between England and Scotland.

Birgham Wood

Type: Forest
Location: Carham, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.6538° or 55° 39′ 14″ north

Longitude

-2.321° or 2° 19′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C7VMM3H+GJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 150155381

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Homebank and Horse Bog.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Site of Ayton Hall and Site of Chapel.

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