Bardon Mill - Landmarks

Landmarks

A little over a mile to the south-west, Willimoteswick Manor is a 16th century fortified manor house, largely rebuilt in 1900. Just over a mile east of Bardon Mill is Ridley Hall and Allen Banks. Ridley Hall was part of the ancestral home of the Bowes Lyons, the late queen mothers family. Weddings and other functions are often held there including a Burns Night Ceilidh which is organised by the local church. The churches for the area are in Beltingham and Henshaw. Allen Banks which were the grounds belonging to the hall were donated to the National Trust and have 500 acres of riverbank and woodland walks affording some of the best vistas in the area.

Northumberland National Park is located within a couple of miles of Bardon Mill. The Northern end of the North Pennines is just a mile or so from here. Vindolanda roman settlement is in the parish just over a mile North of the A69. It is a world renonowned site and the location of the finding of the Vindolanda tablets, the oldest postcards in the world. Some of these are to be found in the museum at Vindolanda along with a great many Roman finds from the days of emperor Hadrian. Hadrian's Wall is located three miles North of Bardon Mill and is a World Heritage Site. Many people come from all over the world to see the wall and the forts along it, the best preserved of which is Housesteads located three miles from the village. There is a very popular Hadrian's Wall Path 83 mile trail and also Hadrian's Cycleway which comes into the village.