northumberland

By Eleanor from UK, Winter 2013 Eleanor And Michael won three nights dinner bed and breakfast in Northumberland. This is the review of what they did. This trip report was originally published on SlowTrav. Introduction I spent six years in the northeast in the 1960s and fell in love with the...

By Eleanor from UK, Summer 2013 Trip report of five days in June spent exploring Northumberland and the Scottish Borders from a base at Berwick upon Tweed. This trip report was originally posted on SlowTrav. An Overview There is something about the North. As soon as we hit the A1 and start...

A Visit to a Forgotten Wilderness in the Cheviot Hills Right up in the north east corner of England, in the Cheviot Hills near the border with Scotland, is a hidden valley with over 12,000 acres of wilderness. You won’t find any signposts pointing the way and there is only one narrow road to...

Youth hostel.

WW2 crash site.

View of Red Cribs.

Hethpool Mill.

Hethpool Lake.

Road to Hethpool House.

Cannon at Hethpool House.

Heather burning.

Dunsdale House in winter.

Sheep coming down in winter.

Dunsdale House.

View from Coldburn.

Coldburn House.

Braydon Crags.

Again, you are spoilt for choice and this is a very brief section covering some of my favourites. The north east was the centre of early Christianity and Lindisfarne Priory was founded in the C7th by St Aidan and St Cuthbert was Prior here. The beautifully illustrated Lindisfarne Gospels were...

The North Tyne is off the main tourist beat and gets few foreign visitors. Many British tourists only manage a day visit. This is a shame as the area warrants a longer stop. There are lots of ideas in this guide to the area There is information about walking trails here. Kielder is also the...

To many people, Hadrian's Wall IS Northumberland and the main reason most people visit. Hadrian’s Wall is a world heritage site and snakes across some of the most dramatic scenery in England. This map shows the major sites along the wall. There is a footpath along the length of the wall...