English Heritage sites near Holwick Parish
BOWES CASTLE
9 miles from Holwick 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.
BROUGH CASTLE
10 miles from Holwick Parish
Starkly impressive Brough Castle stands on a ridge commanding strategic Stainmore Pass, on the site of a Roman fort.
BARNARD CASTLE
11 miles from Holwick 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.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
12 miles from Holwick Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
19 miles from Holwick 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.
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
19 miles from Holwick 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.
No churches found in Holwick Parish
Pubs in Holwick Parish
Strathmore Arms
holwick, Holwick, DL12 0NJ
(01833) 640362
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