Hexham Abbey

Built in the 14th to early 15th century.

Hexham Moot Hall is an impressive medieval gatehouse dating from around 1379, situated on the east side of the Market Place. It was built by order of the Archbishop of York, Alexander Neville, as a gateway to the walled complex surrounding the Old Gaol. A Grade I listed building, it is one of the best-preserved medieval courthouses in Northern England. It comprises a four-story tower with a vaulted doorway on the ground floor and a courtroom on the first floor. The tower features Gothic windows, a machicolated parapet, and a three-story annex with a stepped gable. It served as the Hexhamshire Courthouse until 1572, and then for the midsummer quarter sessions until 1838.

Voted as England's favourite market town by Country Life magazine, Hexham is full of quaint winding streets and fascinating historical sites of interests.

Here, you can visit Hexham Abbey a stunning church built in 674 AD or learn about the town's more gruesome past at Hexham's Old Gaol, England's first purpose built prison, built in 1333.