The Wilderness

The Wilderness is a forest in Ewart, Northumberland, England. The Wilderness is situated nearby to the hamlet Ewart Park West Lodge, as well as near South Plain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coupland Castle and Maelmin Henge.

Coupland Castle

Castle

Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coupland Castle is situated in the village of Coupland, 4 miles to the north-west of Wooler, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The Grade I listed "castle" is actually a tower house "built after 1584, with irregular later additions".

Maelmin Henge

Archaeological site

Maelmin Henge is modern interpretation/reconstruction of a henge monument near the village of Milfield, Northumberland in the Till Valley. It was built in the spring of 2000.

Yeavering Bell

Peak

Yeavering Bell is a twin-peaked hill near the River Glen in north Northumberland, England, to the west of Wooler, and forming part of the Cheviot Hills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wooler and Akeld.

Wooler

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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.

Akeld

Hamlet

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Akeld is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated around 2.7 miles to the west of Wooler and 9.3 miles from the border with Scotland at Coldstream.