Galloway Strip

Galloway Strip is a forest in Ilderton, Northumberland, England. Galloway Strip is situated nearby to the locality Decoy Wood, as well as near Harborough Plantation.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lilburn Tower and Roddam Hall.

Lilburn Tower

Building

Photo: William Stafford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lilburn Tower is a privately owned 19th-century mansion house at Lilburn, near Wooler, Northumberland. The property is a Grade II* listed building and forms part of the Lilburn Estate.

Roddam Hall

Building

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Roddam Hall is a privately owned 18th-century country house near Wooler, Northumberland. It is a Grade II listed building. The Roddams, an ancient Northumbrian family, held lands at Roddam in ancient times.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wooler and Earle.

Wooler

Photo: habiloid, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wooler is a town in Northumberland, on a lowland route into Scotland that skirts the Cheviot Hills, with a population of 2000 in 2021. "Situated in an ill-cultivated country under the influence of vast mountains, from whence it is subject to impetuous rains" was the Norman conquerors' dismal assessment of it in 1107.

Earle

Hamlet

Earle is a village and civil parish in county of Northumberland, England. It has around 20 inhabitants and is about 2 miles from Wooler. It is a popular walking area with many walks passing through Earle on their way to the Cheviot Hills.