Wylam

Worth seeing in and around Wylam

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Prudhoe Castle

   Prudhoe Castle is a ruined medieval English castle situated on the south bank of the River Tyne at Prudhoe, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building.

   2.6 km · Grade I listed castle in Prudhoe, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Vindobala

   Vindobala was a Roman fort with the modern name, and in the hamlet of, Rudchester, Northumberland.

   3 km · Ancient Roman fort at Northumberland, the fourth fort on Hadrian's Wall, after Segedunum (Wallsend), Pons Aelius (Newcastle) and Condercum (Benwell) · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Church of Holy Cross, Ryton

   Holy Cross Church is a Church of England parish church in Ryton, Tyne and Wear. The church is a Grade I listed building.

   3.6 km · Grade I listed church in Ryton, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Wylam Railway Bridge

   Wylam Railway Bridge is a footbridge and former railway bridge crossing the River Tyne at Hagg Bank, approximately 1⁄2 mile west of Wylam in Northumberland, England.

   400 m · bridge in Wylam, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   George Stephenson's Birthplace

   George Stephenson's Birthplace is the 18th-century stone cottage home of rail pioneer George Stephenson. Located along the north bank of the River Tyne in the village of Wylam, Northumberland, the cottage is owned by the National Trust and until recently it was open to the public as a historic house museum.

   1.2 km · historic house museum in Wylam, Northumberland, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Wylam Bridge

   Wylam Bridge is a road bridge in Northumberland, England linking the residential area of North Wylam and neighbouring villages of Heddon-on-the-Wall, and Horsley with the railway station in South Wylam as well as west Gateshead, including the villages of Ryton and Crawcrook.

   400 m · bridge in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Prudhoe Castle

   11th century castle that withstood Scots sieges.

2. 02
   George Stephenson's Birthplace

   Riverside Walk, Wylam (half mile walk from carpark in Wylam).

3. 03
   Cherryburn

   Born here, Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was a wood engraver and naturalist, best known for his History of British Birds.

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Things to do

Golf:

1. 01
   Prudhoe GC

   18-hole course, white tees 5839 yards, par 70.

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Where to eat

Prudhoe has Prudhoe Flame, Balls (below), Burger & Spice, Dhillons Fish Inn, Gloria's, Lotus House and Aramee. Balls of Prudhoe, 40 Front Street NE42 5DQ,. Mon-Sat 10AM-9:30PM. Sit down and takeaway fish and chips, jacket potatoes and salads. Wylam has The Black Bull (below), Bistro en Glaze (see Sleep), and The Wood Oven. The Black Bull, Main Road, Wylam NE41 8AB (50 yards east of Ship Inn),.

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Getting to Wylam

Airports

Newcastle (NCL), 11 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 124 km · Edinburgh (EDI), 146 km

Stations

Prudhoe railway station, 3 km · Wylam railway station, 500 m

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Wylam

  132 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £16–21
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• Ingliston, Edinburgh → Wylam

  145 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £15–21
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Wylam

  168 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · £22–29
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