Dilston Castle
Located in Corbridge, Northumberland Coordinates: 54°57′51″ N 2°02′23″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 69 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- NCL Newcastle International Airport24 km
- MME Teesside International Airport64 km
About Dilston Castle
Dilston Castle is a historic site. Location: Corbridge, Northumberland.
Dilston Castle is a ruined tower house at Dilston in the parish of Corbridge, Northumberland, England. Both the tower and its attendant private chapel are scheduled monuments and Grade I listed buildings. The three-storey tower was built by Sir William Claxton on the site of an earlier pele tower in the 15th century.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
At a glance
- Heritage designation
- Grade I listed building, scheduled monument
- Official website
- northumbrianjacobites.org.uk
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Dilston Castle
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Hexham Abbey Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0 -
Bywell Castle Dennis Lovett · CC BY-SA 2.0 -
Beaufront Castle P Glenwright · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Dilston Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 84 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- January (night 1°)
- Wettest month
- January (90 mm)
- Driest month
- April (59 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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 7° | 7° | 9° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 7° |
| Average low (°C) | 1° | 1° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 11° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 3° | 2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 90 | 63 | 78 | 59 | 59 | 60 | 64 | 77 | 74 | 81 | 84 | 89 |
How to get to Dilston Castle
The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport (NCL), 24 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Newcastle upon Tyne, 27 km to the east.
Airports
- Newcastle International Airport (NCL) Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 24 kmeast
- Teesside International Airport (MME) Darlington, Durham 64 kmsoutheast
- Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) Leeds, West Yorkshire 125 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Newcastle upon Tyne Population: 300.1K 27 kmeast
- Sunderland Population: 170.1K 43 kmeast
- Middlesbrough Population: 142.7K 67 kmsoutheast
- York Population: 156.1K 128 kmsoutheast
- Burnley Population: 149.4K 130 kmsouth
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Dilston Castle
Within 100 km: 766 historic and cultural sites, 2,069 natural sites, 409 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km171 places
- Broomhaugh Island Island 3 kmW
- Gold Island Island 19 kmNW
- Ryton Island Island 18 kmE
- The Island Island 15 kmNW
25–60 km828 places
- Longhoughton Beach Beach 60 kmNE
- Saint Mary’s Island Island 40 kmE
- Coquet Island Island 52 kmNE
- Michell's Island Island 52 kmSE
60–100 km2,245 places
- Powillimount Beach Beach 99 kmW
- Cocklawburn Beach Beach 85 kmN
- Cheswick Sands Beach 84 kmN
- Seaton Carew Beach Beach 65 kmSE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Corbridge Roman fort Historic site, Corbridge1.7 km NE
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Corbridge Vicars Pele Landmark, Corbridge1.7 km NE
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Beaufront Castle Historic site, Sandhoe2.9 km NW
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Corbridge Low Hall Landmark, Corbridge1.9 km NE
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Snokoe Hill Mountain, Corbridge1.4 km SE
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Devils Water River, England0.5 km NE
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Hexham Abbey Attraction, Hexham4.1 km W
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Hexham Moot Hall Historic site, Hexham4 km W
Nearest towns and villages
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Corbridge Village, Corbridge1.7 km NE
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Dilston Village, Corbridge0.2 km N
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Hexham Town, Hexham4.2 km W
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Aydon Road Estate Village, Corbridge2.3 km NE
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources