ancient ruins
Chesters Roman Fort
The best-preserved Roman cavalry fort in Britain, on the North Tyne, with a remarkably complete military bath house.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Healey
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Healey
Healey works well as a base: 10 minutes from Slaley, 25km from B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall).
Healey is in England, United Kingdom. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Slaley, about 5 km away.
Healey is a rural estate and civil parish in Northumberland, England, situated between Riding Mill to the north and Slaley to the south. The neo-Norman St John's Parish Church, which was built in 1860, was awarded the 2011 Art in a Religious Context award for its windows by Anne Vibeke Mou and James Hugonin. At theRead more
2001 census, the parish had a population of 194, falling slightly to 191 at the 2011 Census.
Originally part of the barony of Baliol, Healey was given over to the Knights Templars in the 1260s (hence the area sometimes referred to as Temple Healey). With the suppression of the Templars the land passed to the monarch in 1308 and then shortly after to the Knight Hospitallars. At the dissolution the land returned to the monarch. By the early 1600s the area was held by the Sanderson family. In 1816 the land was sold to Robert Ormston of Newcastle. His son, also called Robert, took down the remains of the peel house and built Healey Hall.
A chapel of ease, St John’s, was built in 1860 to designs by Major C.E. Davis of Bath. The west tower was added in 1890.
The vicarage was built in 1877 from designs by Ewan Christian.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Healey?
Within an hour or so of Healey: Chesters Roman Fort (16 km), Angel of the North (24 km), Hadrian's Wall (25 km), B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall) (25 km).
Are there any good drives near Healey?
The nearest famous roads are B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall), A689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale) and Hartside Pass (A686).
Where is Healey?
Healey is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Slaley.
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- Population
- 0
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.9167, -1.9667
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112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Healey
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Angel of the North
Striking 20-metre steel sculpture with a 54-metre wingspan standing on a hilltop in Gateshead, England.
24 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Hadrian's Wall
The 73-mile Roman frontier fortification stretching across northern England, built in 122 AD with forts, milecastles, and turrets marking the edge of the Roman Empire.
25 km · about 30 min drive
famous road
B6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall)
General Wade's arrow-straight road along Hadrian's Wall, rolling over the whin sill with Roman forts on either side.
25 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Housesteads Roman Fort
The most complete Roman fort in Britain, standing on the Whin Sill crags along Hadrian's Wall with barracks, hospital and communal latrines.
26 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Vindolanda
An actively excavated Roman fort and settlement south of Hadrian's Wall, source of the Vindolanda writing tablets.
26 km · about 30 min drive
famous road
A689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale)
A remote high Pennine road over Killhope with wide moorland views and almost no traffic; England's highest market town at one end.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Sycamore Gap
A dip in Hadrian's Wall that held one of England's most photographed trees until it was felled in 2023; the site and its regrowth remain a pilgrimage.
28 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Healey
- 25 kmB6318 Military Road (Hadrian's Wall)General Wade's arrow-straight road along Hadrian's Wall, rolling over the whin sill with Roman forts on either side.
- 27 kmA689 Alston to Stanhope (Weardale)A remote high Pennine road over Killhope with wide moorland views and almost no traffic; England's highest market town at one end.
- 29 kmSteel RiggA car park and viewpoint on the Whin Sill giving the classic switchback view of Hadrian's Wall towards Sycamore Gap.
- 38 kmHartside Pass (A686)Voted one of Britain's best drives - a sweeping climb to 580m out of the Eden Valley with a panorama to the Lake District and the Solway.
- 41 kmHartside PassThe A686's grand sweep over the North Pennines between Penrith and Alston, climbing to 580m through wide hairpins with views across the Eden Valley to the Lake District fells. A celebrated drivers' and bikers' road.
- 43 kmHigh Cup NickA perfect U-shaped glacial valley in the North Pennines rimmed by dolerite columns, reached by a walk from Dufton.
Driving in United Kingdom
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- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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