Preston Tower
Preston Tower is a garden 4.8 km northwest of Embleton. It holds the status of a scheduled monument. Look also at Bamburgh Castle, 9.7 km away, first of 21 more within 15 km.
Garden near Embleton
Just outside Embleton
Preston Tower is 4.8 km northwest of Embleton. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Embleton has 18 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
For warmth in Embleton, choose July and August (19°C).
Preston Tower
Its Wikipedia coverage spans 2 languages.
- Type
- Garden
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- 4.8 km northwest of Embleton
- Official site
- prestontower.co.uk
Where it sits
Use the numbers to match each place near Preston Tower with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns around Preston Tower, by distance
Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Embleton
Close to Preston Tower
There are 21 within 15 km, 5 castles, 2 historic houses and a heritage railway among them.
CastleBamburgh Castle9.7 km away2
Castle · English HeritageDunstanburgh Castle8.1 km away3
CastleAlnwick Castle12 km away4CastleCastleChillingham Castle12 km away5
Historic houseHowick Hall10 km away6CastleCastleCraster Tower8.9 km away7
Historic houseMiddleton Hall13 km away8
Heritage railwayAln Valley Railway14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Preston Tower in questions
Where is Preston Tower?
Preston Tower is 4.8 km northwest of Embleton, Northumberland.
What is Preston Tower?
Tower in Preston, Northumberland, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Preston Tower?
July and August are the warmest months in Embleton, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Preston Tower a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Preston Tower?
Within 15 km: Bamburgh Castle (9.7 km), Dunstanburgh Castle (8.1 km), Alnwick Castle (12 km) and Chillingham Castle (12 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Preston Tower: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bamburgh Castle: Michael Hanselmann - Quaoar10, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunstanburgh Castle: mattbuck (category), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alnwick Castle: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Howick Hall: John Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Middleton Hall: Zjdalton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Aln Valley Railway: User.who.is.anonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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