English Heritage sites near Newbiggin Parish
BOWES CASTLE
11 miles from Newbiggin Parish
The impressive ruins of Henry II's 12th-century keep, on the site of a Roman fort guarding the approach to strategic Stainmore Pass over the Pennines.
BARNARD CASTLE
12 miles from Newbiggin Parish
Set on a high rock, Barnard Castle takes it name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
BROUGH CASTLE
12 miles from Newbiggin Parish
Starkly impressive Brough Castle stands on a ridge commanding strategic Stainmore Pass, on the site of a Roman fort.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
13 miles from Newbiggin Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
19 miles from Newbiggin Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
20 miles from Newbiggin Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
No churches found in Newbiggin Parish
No churches found in Newbiggin Parish