Wark on Tweed Castle
Located in Carham, Northumberland Coordinates: 55°38′30″ N 2°16′53″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 34 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- EDI Edinburgh Airport77 km
- NCL Newcastle International Airport77 km
About Wark on Tweed Castle
Wark on Tweed Castle is a historic site. Location: Carham, Northumberland.
Wark on Tweed Castle, sometimes referred to as Carham Castle, is a ruined motte-and-bailey castle at the west end of Wark on Tweed in Northumberland. The ruins are a Grade II* listed building.
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At a glance
- Heritage designation
- Grade II* listed building, scheduled monument
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Wark on Tweed Castle
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Mainlymazza · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Cornhill Castle Norman MacKillop · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Twizell Castle Walter Baxter · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Wark on Tweed Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 91 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- October (94 mm)
- Driest month
- April (56 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 6° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 13° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 10° | 10° | 8° | 6° | 3° | 1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 91 | 66 | 72 | 56 | 61 | 62 | 68 | 84 | 82 | 94 | 91 | 87 |
How to get to Wark on Tweed Castle
The nearest airport is Edinburgh Airport (EDI), 77 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Edinburgh, 67 km to the northwest.
Airports
- Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Ingliston, Edinburgh 77 kmnorthwest
- Newcastle International Airport (NCL) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 77 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Airport (DND) Dundee 101 kmnorthwest
Nearby large cities
- Edinburgh Population: 515K 67 kmnorthwest
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 86 kmsoutheast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 100 kmsoutheast
- Dundee Population: 148.2K 102 kmnorthwest
- Glasgow Population: 626.4K 127 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Wark on Tweed Castle
Within 100 km: 533 historic and cultural sites, 1,705 natural sites, 448 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km255 places
- Cocklawburn Beach Beach 23 kmNE
- Cheswick Sands Beach 23 kmE
- Wooden Anna Island 10 kmSW
- Dreeper Island Island 8 kmNE
25–60 km871 places
- Gullane Beach Beach 56 kmNW
- Seacliff Beach Beach 51 kmNW
- Longhoughton Beach Beach 50 kmSE
- South Wamses Island 41 kmE
60–100 km1,560 places
- Burntisland Beach Beach 75 kmNW
- Cramond beach Beach 74 kmNW
- Portobello Beach Beach 63 kmNW
- Saint Mary’s Island Island 83 kmSE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Shidlaw Tower Landmark, Carham2 km W
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Coldstream Priory Historic site, The Scottish Borders2.2 km NE
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Shidlaw Hill Mountain, Carham1.8 km W
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Cornhill Castle Historic site, Cornhill-on-Tweed3.5 km NE
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Hirsel Law Mountain, The Scottish Borders2.9 km N
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Twizell Castle Historic site, Duddo7.5 km NE
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Mindrum Tower Landmark, Carham6.1 km S
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Castle Heaton Castle Historic site, Cornhill-on-Tweed8.4 km NE
Nearest towns and villages
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Coldstream Village, The Scottish Borders2.1 km NE -
Wark Village, Carham0.1 km SE
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Cornhill on Tweed Village, Cornhill-on-Tweed3.7 km E
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Carham Village, Carham2.6 km W
Sources & licences
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