Places To Visit In Northumberland

The remains of a chapel founded by St Ebba.

A sentry box that once housed AA patrolmen and then a telephone to aid you should your car breakdown.

12th century abbey dedicated to St Andrew, in the heart of Hexham.

A hearse house hidden in the beautiful Allen Valley which was funded through the philanthropy of local travelling tea seller, Isaac Holden.

The remains of a gatehouse that lead to an Augustinian Priory Church.

An un-chiselable bit of Hadrian's Wall, near Walwick, where the Romans may have run out of might.

A medieval dovecote in the middle of a bunch of houses with a dove's eye view of the sea.

A memorial drinking fountain, dedicated to the memory of the 3rd Earl Ravensworth in Whittingham.

A collection of twelve almshouses designed by Norman Shaw for Lord Armstrong to house his retired workers in Rothbury.

A fascinating jigsaw of a church built in the 12th & 13th centuries, restored in the 15th century and again in the 19th century.

Two weathered rock formations representing a priest and his clerk on the banks of Cartington Hill in Rothbury.

Spire which once linked two chapels in Amble East Cemetery.

Guided tours of a rewilding project on the Hepple Estate with links to Hepple Gin.

Over six hundred years of stones crossing the Coquet, connecting the route of the old corn road from Hexham to Alnmouth.

The remains of an Iron Age Hillfort sitting on a little spur of Clennell Hill near Alwinton.

The smallest place of sanctuary, rolling out of West Woodburn, between the road and the river, lies the church of St Cuthbert's, Corsenside.

Explore stunning water features, magical gardens a treehouse restaurant and the mysterious Poison Garden in Alnwick Garden.

A bread oven introduced in 1310 to the people of Corbridge by King John and used for over 500 years.

A well head commissioned by Lady Waterford that was once fed by a natural spring and linked to the Battle Of Flodden.

A sculpture at the source of the River Rede of a feral Northumberland goat, living its leaping life just above the peeping eye of Catcleugh Reservoir.

A Grade II, early 19th century dovecote with the square tower loosely modelled on the tower of The Church of St Andrew in Hartburn.

An erratic rock, rolled into Newbiggin Bay during the last ice age, transported on ice rafts through glacial waters to sit on the sand by the sea.

A square towered dovecote, built in the 18th century of brick, with stepped cogged cornicing at the eaves and a pyramidal pan tiled roof.

Two boundary stones where the kings and queens of the Yetholm gypsies were crowned.

A rare and significant medieval ruin, which served as the first school in Alnwick.

A space age rocket looking communication mast, bound for Mars from the pines of Henshaw Common!

A Celtic cross, commemorating the lives of James and Charles Radcliffe, Earls of Derwentwater, Viscounts Langley.

The jaw bone of a Right Whale forming an arch, framing the harbour of Seahouses and beyond to the Farnes, with a fishy past!

Located on the site of an ancient village cross at Longhoughton, it was on the route of the pilgrimage from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Durham.

A heart filled horseshoe horse, surveying the summer sunshine and the gentle tilts and curves of the upland Buteland view near Bellingham.

A spectacular sandstone rockface in Ridsdale used for bouldering and climbing, with breathtaking views across Northumberland from the top.

Gun tower built in 1542 which attracted the interest of Henry VIII for it's state of the art design.

Smuggler's Bothy built by the famous smuggler John Robertson in 1760.

Four totem poles which are part of a flood defence scheme.

Garden inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, opened in 2004.

A five tonne Limestone boulder marking the location of the former East Chevington Drift Mine.

An iron age hillfort on top of Sinkside Hill in the north west of the Cheviots.

An old 18th century windmill part of Birney Hill farm.

A little hidden den in the dunes near Amble made of driftwood and containing shells and fun messages.

An old hillfort sitting on top of Green Humbleton in the borders.

A country house near Christon Bank and home to a past Prime Minister, and the longest serving Foreign Secretary.

A stone artwork by John Maine that forms part of the Kielder Forest Art and Architecture Trail.

One of a handful of hearse houses left in the UK with a little 'fun for free' museum.

A proud standing Percy lion atop a grandiose gateway to the old Ladykirk House in Upsettlington.

A giant trowel next to the North Seaton Community Centre in Ashington.

A little stone circle sitting at the bottom of Dunmoor next to Cunyan Crags.

Training trenches dug by members of the 18th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in preparation for World War I.

Lighthouse built in 1826, where Grace Darling spotted the wreck of the SS Forfarshire.

A secluded waterfall and plunge pool in the Harthope Valley next to The Cheviot.

A beautiful church filled with art, history and culture in the fork of the road up to the College Valley.

A castle and country house in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is the seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland.

A piece of public art providing seating, shelter and a belta view over North Tyne Valley.

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

A cool rural wicker man, keeping an eye on any bad lads on the border of Northumberland and Durham.

A remote memorial cairn to Lord Robinson who was instrumental in forming the British Forestry Commission and Kielder Forest.

A ruined farm house on top of Yearning Law near the border ridge.

An octagonal bell tower in Berwick which was built in 1577 as a medieval lookout post and alarm system.

An ancient corn mill, nestled in the bend of the River Till, sitting between Ford and Etal.

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

Turret 29A on Hadrian's Wall.

War Memorial from 1921 by the A68 in Rochester, Northumberland

A Roman Fort, surrounding settlement and museum that has been gradually excavated over the past 50 years and the location of some of the most important Roman finds in history.

A cairn up near Yeavering Bell at the northern end of the Cheviots which has roots in local folklore.

A weir in the River Coquet which powered a nearby water mill, but was also the scene of a wartime tragedy.

A Roman Fort that forms part of Hadrian's Wall at the frontier of the Roman Empire.

Explore 13th century Dally Castle ruins, one of Northumberland's earliest hall houses showcasing medieval architecture.

Sitting on a blowy corner of the Northumberland National Park, is Causeway House, Northumberland's only heather thatched cottage. With a history of hidden lucky roof charms and close to a Roman Milecastle.

The Ridsdale Iron Works, castle-like ruin in, was the point of manufacture of pig steel used in the construction of Newcastle's High Level Bridge.

A huge chunk of rock sitting on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill overlooking the Harthope Valley.

A ruined 17th-century bastle, or fortified farmhouse, situated on a south-east slope of moorland on the edge Ridsdale.

Sandstone crag, popular with climbers, on the hills near Edlingham with a hidden surprise.

A number of shipwrecks visible in Amble harbour at low tide.

Mysterious large stone pillar remains situated high up in Edlingham Woods giving views across Northumberland.

A monument to two shepherds who lost their lives in a snow storm and ultimately led to the formation of the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team.

The remains of a medieval cross with only a socket stone and stone shaft still standing.

An 18th Century engine house near Settlingstones, built to contain a 70” Cornish Condensing Engine and the discovery place of the mega mineral Witherite

Once a public loo, now a tiny holiday home in the heart of Berwick.

A former POW camp located behind Featherstone Castle for Italian and German prisoners of war.

A stunning double headed crag on the north east banks of Hedgehope Hill.

A monument to Robert Loraine, who was brutally murdered by Border Reivers in Kirkhale.

A medieval pele tower first recorded in 1415.

A large rock in next to Simonside in Rothbury that resembles a small church and may have been a meeting place for persecuted religious groups.

An old school hall in Ford Village that was decorated with biblical murals by Lady Waterford over 21 years.

A 14-century church and all-round home to saints, tall tales, bones of Border Rievers and men of battle.

An 18th century market cross that would have been used for proclamations.

A tree trail around Rothbury town centre and riverside showing you all the different types of trees and their history.

An unusual gravestone marking the final resting of a burglar trying to rob Lee Hall.

A Grade I listed railway viaduct spanning the River Tweed at Berwick and built by Robert Stephenson.

The peninsula part of Holy Island, made up of dunes, salt marshes, Snook House and Snook Tower

The Hopealone trig point (316m) sitting on top of Hope Hill.

A replica of a nearby Anglo-Saxon henge and part of the part of the Maelmin Heritage Trail.

A three-storied tower-house built as a hunting lodge then later extended and used as a farmhouse and students' hostel.

The trig point sitting on top of Lamb Hill on the border ridge (511m).

WW2 pillbox disguised as a ruined house.

The trig point sitting on top of Ravensheugh Crags (256m) near Simonburn.

An experimental hydraulic silo to improve the efficiency of processing cut grass into silage built by Lord Armstrong.

A chunky crag sitting on West Hill on the Cheviot summit in the Northumberland National Park.

The trig point sitting on Cold Law on Thorgrafton Common (453m).

Possibly an old windmill converted into a dovecote which is lined inside with brick nesting boxes

An old tithe barn within the grounds of Foulden Parish Church where parishioners would give the church 10% of their agricultural produce.