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Bardon Mill Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bardon Mill

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Just over a mile east of Bardon Mill is Ridley Hall and Allen Banks. Ridley Hall was the ancestral home of a branch of the Bowes-Lyons, the late Queen Mother’s family. Vindolanda Roman settlement is in the parish just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the A69.

You can visit Bardon Mill places with Walkfo Bardon Mill to hear history at Bardon Mill’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bardon Mill has 14 places to visit in our interactive Bardon Mill map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Bardon Mill, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Bardon Mill places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bardon Mill & the surrounding areas.

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14 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Bardon Mill places to visit

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Bardon Mill has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bardon Mill’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bardon Mill’s information audio spots:

Crag Lough Crag Lough is an inland lake at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park. It is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Bardon Mill, and 0.5m north of the B6318 Military Road. At this point Hadrian’s Wall is at the top of a line of crags, the Whin Sill.

Beltingham River Shingle Beltingham River Shingle is the name given to a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Northumberland. It is notable for an unusual community of flora tolerant to the high levels of naturally occurring heavy metals in the sediment of a section of the River South Tyne.

Limes Britannicus The frontier of the Roman Empire in Britain is sometimes styled Limes Britannicus (“British Limes”) by authors for the boundaries, including fortifications and defensive ramparts, that were built to protect Roman Britain. These defences existed from the 1st to the 5th centuries AD and ran through the territory of present-day England, Scotland and Wales.

Ridley Hall, Northumberland Ridley Hall is an 18th-century country house, now a residential and conference centre, at Bardon Mill, Northumberland. It is a Grade II listed building.

Briarwood Banks Briarwood Banks is the name given to a woodland Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Northumberland, North East England. Composed mainly of elm, oak and ash, the site is semi-natural and now recovering from the removal of planted conifers.

Milecastle 38 Milecastle 38 (Hotbank) was a milecastle on Hadrian’s Wall in the vicinity of Hotbank Farm, (grid reference NY77276813) It is notable for the joint inscription bearing the names of Hadrian and Aulus Platorius Nepos.

Sycamore Gap Tree Sycamore Gap Tree is a sycamore tree standing next to Hadrian’s Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland. It is located in a dramatic dip in the landscape and is a popular photographic subject. The tree won the 2016 England Tree of the Year award.

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