The Castle of Wark on Tweed is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. Castle.
The Castle of Wark on Tweed
- WRENN ID
- dusk-tin-heath
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- The Castle of Wark on Tweed, Carham
- OS grid reference
- NT 823 387
- Coordinates
- 55.64154, -2.28211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle of Wark-on-Tweed is a ruined castle dating from the early 12th century. It was rebuilt between 1153 and 1156 and later extended. The structure is made of random rubble and was originally a motte and bailey castle featuring a large, irregularly shaped shell keep situated on the motte. Currently, only the motte remains, along with the rubble core of the keep walls.
Local climate
The Castle of Wark on Tweed receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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