Major Areas of Northumberland
Northumberland can easily be split into the following areas for
delicious, delightful, detailed discoveries

Alnwick Coast

Alnwick Country

Berwick & The Coast

Kielder

Hadrian's Wall

Mid-Northumberland Coast

Morpeth & Mid-Northumberland Country

Northumberland National Park

Redesdale

Tynedale & The North Pennines

Wooler & The Till Valley





Alnwick Coast
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with long silver beaches - especially at Amble (Hauxley), Warkworth, Alnmouth, Embleton and Beadnell - are complemented by stunning castles and delightful coastal villages. One of our favourite easy walks is 1.5 mile from the car park at Craster to the crags at Dunstanburgh Castle. Amble is where there are summer boat trips to the TSPB Coquet Island sanctuary. Warkworth has a fantastic, massive and accessible castle almost totally enclosed in a loop of the Coquet river. Alnmouth used to be a great harbour before a storm changed the river course, great beaches especially for children. Alnmouth station is on the east coast mainline. Beadnell bay is stunning backed by the limestone kilns near the newly restored harbour. The coastal Low Newton village with its square of fishermans' cottages is in the care of the National Trust.
Alnmouth
Dunstanburgh Castle
Beadnell
Warkworth Castle

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Alnwick Country
Stretches from Alnwick, voted "Best place to live in Britain" by Country Life Magazine, with its famous gardens and castle, through Coquetdale to Rothbury and the Breamish valley. The drive from Alnwick to Rothbury is one of our favourites and passes Cragside. Thropton has great views to the Simonside Hills.
Rothbury
Alnwick
Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Garden
Cragside House & Gardens

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Berwick & The Coast
Berwick has changed hands 14 times between England and Scotland - the football club plays in the Scottish League. Berwick is dominated by its massive Elizabethan Ramparts as well as the bridges over the Tweed. There is also a Lowry painting trail. The coastal highlights are dominated by Holy Island (Lindisfarne) reached by the exciting tidal causeway. Ask for details of our full day geological walk. Seahouses is your centre for the boat trips to the Farne Islands and Bamburgh has a magnificent castle, beach and church. Further north is Budle Bay, a huge shallow estuary and the deserted Ross and Goswick sands, a quiet haven for both people and birds.
Berwick upon Tweed
Berwick Barracks
Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne Castle
Lindisfarne Priory
Holy Island Causeway Times 2008
Seahouses
Bamburgh Castle

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Kielder
Kielder is the largest man-made lake in Europe with a 27 mile shore walk almost finished and boat trips across. It is set within the Kielder Forest Park with sculptures and architectural installations. Kielder is England's most remote village and there is a castle.
Kielder
Leaplish Waterside Park
Kielder Cruises
Tower Knowe Visitor Centre
Kielder Castle Forestry Centre
Kielder Observatory
&
Kielder Dark Sky Observatory

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Hadrian's Wall
The area is centred north of the Tyne valley. The area is known worldwide as the location of the best remaining sections of Hadrian's Wall, England's largest World Heritage Site. There is the coast to coast footpath, Hadrian's Wall Heritage Trail, from Newcastle to the Solway Firth following the wall and the Hadrian's Cycle Way following the wall for 174 miles. Corbridge has a 17th century bridge and the excavated Roman town is nearby.
Hadrians Wall
Hadrians Wall Country
Chesters Roman Fort
Corbridge Roman Site
Housesteads Roman Fort
Vindolanda Roman Army Fort
Once Brewed Centre

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Mid-Northumberland Coast
Dominate by Druridge Bay, which consists of sweeping sands and grassy dunes that stretch all the way from Cresswell to Amble. Newbiggin by the sea is a seaside town and fishing port with a newly restored beach.
Newbiggin by the Sea
Druridge Bay
Woodhorn Mining Museum & Country Park

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Morpeth & Mid-Northumberland Country
The "Gateway to Northumberland", Morpeth is a market town at the centre of an area from the coast at Druridge Bay to attractive country parks at Bolam Lake and Plessey Woods, including two great country houses - Wallington Hall & Belsay Hall. Morpeth has a Northumberland pipe museum and straddles the river Wansbeck.
Morpeth
Brinkburn Priory
Belsay Hall
Wallington Hall

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Northumberland National Park
A walker's and cyclist's paradise, stretching from Wooler in the north to Kielder in the south The National Park and the Cheviot Hills are officially one of the quietest places on earth. You can literally walk for miles in peace, across moorland and hills.
Northumberland National Park

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Redesdale
Bellingham is a small market town, good shops and a gentle mile walk to Hareshaw Linn waterfall. Otterburn is a small village, in Redesdale, on the edge of the National Park, famous for a moonlit battle between the English and the Scots in 1388.
Wild Redesdale

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Tynedale & The North Pennines
The area is centred around Hexham, to the south of which lie the North Pennines, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Allendale is an atractive market town in a moorland setting. Blanchland has been the setting for many film and television historical dramas. Derwent reservoir is also nearby. Hexham is a busy market town with an historic abbey and racecourse along with good leisure facilities. Prudhoe has a 12th century castle overlooking the Tyne - today there is Waterworld a tropical lesiure pool.
North Pennines
Hexham
Prudhoe Castle
Hexham Abbey

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Wooler & The Till Valley
Wooler is the "Gateway to the Cheviots" and is good centre for walking enthusiasts a mile from the National Park. The Cheviots are officially "the most tranquil place in England." Wooler is the centre of Glendale, the inspiration for Postman Pat's Greendale. Nearby Ford and Etal are twin 19th century villages with the Heatherslaw Mill, light railway, Etal Castle and Lady Waterford Hall. Norham a village on the Tweed has an ancient castle and at nearby Horncliffe is the Chainbrige and the Chainbridge Honey Farm.
Wooler
Ford & Etal
Norham Castle

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