Burradon Tower — Attraction in North Tyneside

Lovely hidden away castle ruins. Interesting find. Peculiar location

It's a small castle. Cannot be accessed or explored internally.

Burradon tower was originally a three-story tower house built around the 16th century. It was 7.5 meters high, with 1 room per floor. Built as a defensible house , typical of other tower houses built along the borders between England and Scotland. To protect against the usual regular border wars and skirmishes they took place. Occupied and resided in by wealthy aristocratic families.

This building is protected by the ancient monuments and...

We live just around the corner and my daughter likes to visit this on our walks.

I also would like to lay claim to the tower as upon researching my family history and my grandfather's surname being Anderson, it appears that Bertram is a family name on his side. On that basis I tell my daughter...

Cool little place,had a good feeling around it,and looked pretty nice to. Another place ticked off the long list today. Shame couldn't get in and have a little look around,but understandable so. It would of been a little look to,as not a big tower now. Still...