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Simonburn Northumberland Map

Traditional county: Northumberland · Region: North East

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Place	Simonburn
Traditional County	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	55.056646
Longitude	-2.202333
Place Type	Hamlet

About Simonburn

Simonburn holds a quiet gravity, its stone cottages caught in the amber light that drifts across the Northumbrian hills. It lies 7.1 miles north-west of Hexham (from Hexham: bearing 326°T, OS grid NY 871 735), and is situated south-south-east of Wark village. The landscape here does not merely exist; it waits, defined by the low, insistent pressure of the sky and the way the shadows lengthen against the ancient masonry of the Simonburn Castle Tower House. A short distance away, the remnants of Simonburn Castle suggest a time when the horizon held more menace than promise, yet today the stone serves only as a perch for the local rooks. The Green remains the heart of the geography, a level expanse of grass that catches the morning frost before the sun can reclaim it. Nearby, the water of Proctor's Burn traces a path through the fields, a silver thread that seems to measure the slow, deliberate pace of the passing seasons. One senses in the stillness that the land has long forgotten the clamour of its past, leaving only the weight of the earth and the cool, damp breath of the hills. Simonburn persists in this silence, a place where the architecture of the past is slowly becoming indistinguishable from the geology of the present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The Green (Park) — 0.0 mi, 070° ENE
Simonburn Castle Tower House (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 280° W
Simonburn Castle (Remains) (Castle) — 0.6 mi, 279° W
Dobb's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 255° WSW
Ark Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 139° SE
Proctor's Burn (River) — 0.8 mi, 072° ENE
Nunwick (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.8 mi, 076° ENE · 71 ha
Ranterrear Burn (River) — 0.9 mi, 026° NNE
Romano-British Farmstead, 400M North-East Of Sharpley (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 131° SE
Hadrian'S Wall And Vallum Between The Road To Simonburn And The Field Boundary East Of Carrawburgh Car Park In Wall Miles 29, 30 And 31 (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 176° S · 26 ha
New Scroggs Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 111° ESE
Chipchase Castle (Castle) — 1.5 mi, 026° NNE
Glen Ridley (Valley) — 1.6 mi, 349° N
Cooksons Linn (Waterfall) — 2.4 mi, 014° NNE
Park Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.6 mi, 202° SSW
Gunnerton Nick Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.9 mi, 071° ENE · 6 ha
Ingle Pool (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.1 mi, 138° SE
Chesters Roman Fort (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 130° SE
Shield on the Wall Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.3 mi, 232° SW
Headquarters building (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 131° SE
Commandant's House (Historic Ruins) — 3.3 mi, 130° SE
Roaring Hole (Waterfall) — 4.8 mi, 294° WNW
Stonehaugh Picnic Area (Park) — 5.3 mi, 287° WNW
Stonehaugh Totem pole (Public Artwork) — 5.3 mi, 287° WNW
Watergate Moor (Forest / Woodland) — 5.5 mi, 310° NW
Crookbank (Forest / Woodland) — 5.8 mi, 284° WNW
Vercovicium (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 239° WSW
Housesteads Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 239° WSW
Bellingham Heritage Centre (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 343° NNW
Greenlee Meadows (Viewpoint) — 6.8 mi, 253° WSW

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