Places To Visit In Northumberland

With 70 castles to find along with ruins, waterfalls, rolling hills and ancient churches, the Northumberland area has something for everyone. You won't want to go anywhere else!

Found 455 places

Ebb's Nook
Ebb's Nook
Religious Place Beadnell Northumberland

The remains of a chapel founded by St Ebba.

AA Sentry Box 817 Beadnell
AA Sentry Box 817 Beadnell
Building Beadnell Northumberland

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

Hexham Abbey
Hexham Abbey
Religious Place Hexham Northumberland

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

Ninebanks Hearse House
Ninebanks Hearse House
Building Ninebanks Northumberland

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

St Wilfrid's Gateway
St Wilfrid's Gateway
Building Hexham Northumberland

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

Limestone Corner
Limestone Corner
Crag, Rock And Cairn Simonburn Northumberland

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

Sunny Brae Dovecote
Sunny Brae Dovecote
Dovecote Embleton Northumberland

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

Ravensworth Fountain
Ravensworth Fountain
Fountain Whittingham Northumberland

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

Armstrong Cottages
Armstrong Cottages
Building Rothbury Northumberland

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

St Bartholomew's Church Kirkwhelpington
St Bartholomew's Church Kirkwhelpington
Religious Place Kirkwhelpington Northumberland

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

The Priest And Clerk
The Priest And Clerk
Crag, Rock And Cairn Rothbury Northumberland

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

Amble East Cemetery Spire
Amble East Cemetery Spire
Religious Place Amble Northumberland

Spire which once linked two chapels in Amble East Cemetery.

Hepple Wilds
Hepple Wilds
Landscape Harbottle Northumberland

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

Rothbury Bridge
Rothbury Bridge
Bridge Rothbury Northumberland

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

Camp Knowe Hillfort
Camp Knowe Hillfort
Hillfort Alwinton Northumberland

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

St Cuthbert's Corsenside
St Cuthbert's Corsenside
Religious Place Ridsdale Northumberland

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

Alnwick Garden
Alnwick Garden
Garden Alnwick Northumberland

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

King's Oven
King's Oven
Building Corbridge Northumberland

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

Sybil's Well
Sybil's Well
Fountain Branxton Northumberland

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

Redesdale Goat
Redesdale Goat
Art Catcleugh Northumberland

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.

Temple Thornton Dovecote
Temple Thornton Dovecote
Dovecote Morpeth Northumberland

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

Hunkleton Stone
Hunkleton Stone
Landmark Newbiggin by the Sea Northumberland

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.

Old Vicarage Dovecote
Old Vicarage Dovecote
Dovecote Embleton Northumberland

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

Stob Stones
Stob Stones
Standing Stone The Cheviots Northumberland

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

St Mary's Chantry House
St Mary's Chantry House
Religious Place Alnwick Northumberland

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

Hopealone Radio Mast
Hopealone Radio Mast
Machinery Haltwhistle Northumberland

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

Derwentwater Monument
Derwentwater Monument
Statue Hexham Northumberland

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

Seahouses Right Whale Jaw Bones
Seahouses Right Whale Jaw Bones
Landmark Seahouses Northumberland

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

School Green Sculpture
School Green Sculpture
Art Alnwick Northumberland

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.

The Equine of the North
The Equine of the North
Art Bellingham Northumberland

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

Great Wanney Crag
Great Wanney Crag
Crag, Rock And Cairn Ridsdale Northumberland

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

Lord's Mount
Lord's Mount
Military Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

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

Lamberton Skerrs
Lamberton Skerrs
Building Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

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

Hexham Totem Poles
Hexham Totem Poles
Art Hexham Northumberland

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

Lindisfarne Gospel Garden
Lindisfarne Gospel Garden
Garden Holy Island Northumberland

Garden inspired by the Lindisfarne Gospels, opened in 2004.

The Drift Stone
The Drift Stone
Landmark Druridge Bay Northumberland

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

Sinkside Hill Hillfort
Sinkside Hill Hillfort
Hillfort The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Birney Hill Mill
Birney Hill Mill
Windmill Ponteland Northumberland

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

Magical Offering
Magical Offering
Art Amble Northumberland

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

Green Humbleton Hillfort
Green Humbleton Hillfort
Hillfort The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Fallodon Hall
Fallodon Hall
Estate Alnwick Northumberland

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

Kielder Column
Kielder Column
Art Kielder Northumberland

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

Hearse House at St Giles
Hearse House at St Giles
Building Hexham Northumberland

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

Ladykirk House Lion Gates
Ladykirk House Lion Gates
Building Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

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

Giant Trowel
Giant Trowel
Art Ashington Northumberland

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

Dunmoor Hill Stone Circle
Dunmoor Hill Stone Circle
Stone Circle Ingram Valley Northumberland

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

Rothbury Trenches
Rothbury Trenches
Military Rothbury Northumberland

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

Longstone Lighthouse
Longstone Lighthouse
Lighthouse Farne Islands Northumberland

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

Harthope Linn
Harthope Linn
Waterfall The Cheviots Northumberland

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

The Church of St Gregory The Great
The Church of St Gregory The Great
Religious Place Wooler Northumberland

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

Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle
Castle Alnwick Northumberland

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

The Nick
The Nick
Art Kielder Northumberland

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

Coldlaw Cairn
Coldlaw Cairn
Crag, Rock And Cairn The Cheviots Northumberland

A big cairn sitting on the end of Comb Fell.

Whittonstall Wicker Man
Whittonstall Wicker Man
Art Stocksfield Northumberland

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

Robinson Memorial
Robinson Memorial
Landmark Kielder Northumberland

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

Yearning Hall
Yearning Hall
Building The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Berwick Bell Tower
Berwick Bell Tower
Tower Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

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

Heatherslaw Corn Mill
Heatherslaw Corn Mill
Building Ford And Etal Northumberland

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

Ridley Park
Ridley Park
Landscape Blyth Northumberland

A public Park in Blyth opened in 1904.

Black Carts Turret
Black Carts Turret
Building Simonburn Northumberland

Turret 29A on Hadrian's Wall.

Rochester War Memorial
Rochester War Memorial
Military Rochester Northumberland

War Memorial from 1921 by the A68 in Rochester, Northumberland

Vindolanda
Vindolanda
Museum Hexham 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.

Tom Tallon's Crag
Tom Tallon's Crag
Crag, Rock And Cairn The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Guyzance Weir
Guyzance Weir
Waterfall Guyzance Northumberland

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

Housesteads Roman Fort
Housesteads Roman Fort
Military Hexham Northumberland

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

Dally Castle
Dally Castle
Castle Bellingham Northumberland

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

Causeway House
Causeway House
Building Bardon Mill Northumberland

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.

Ridsdale Iron Works
Ridsdale Iron Works
Building Ridsdale Northumberland

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.

Housey Crags
Housey Crags
Crag, Rock And Cairn The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Low Cleughs Bastle
Low Cleughs Bastle
Bastle Ridsdale Northumberland

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

Redheugh Crag
Redheugh Crag
Crag, Rock And Cairn Edlingham Northumberland

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

Amble Shipwrecks
Amble Shipwrecks
Landmark Amble Northumberland

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

Bigges Pillar
Bigges Pillar
Crag, Rock And Cairn Edlingham Northumberland

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

Shepherds Cairn At Ewartly Shank
Shepherds Cairn At Ewartly Shank
Standing Stone Alnham 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.

Manside Cross
Manside Cross
Standing Stone Elsdon Northumberland

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

Stonecroft Engine House
Stonecroft Engine House
Machinery Hexham Northumberland

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

The Loovre
The Loovre
Building Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

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

Featherstone Park Prisoner of War Camp
Featherstone Park Prisoner of War Camp
Building Haltwhistle Northumberland

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

Langlee Crags
Langlee Crags
Crag, Rock And Cairn The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Robert Loraine Monument
Robert Loraine Monument
Standing Stone Bolam Northumberland

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

Elsdon Tower
Elsdon Tower
Building Elsdon Northumberland

A medieval pele tower first recorded in 1415.

Little Church Rock Simonside
Little Church Rock Simonside
Crag, Rock And Cairn Rothbury Northumberland

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.

Lady Waterford Hall
Lady Waterford Hall
Building Ford And Etal Northumberland

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

St Cuthberts Church Elsdon
St Cuthberts Church Elsdon
Religious Place Elsdon Northumberland

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

Alnwick Market Cross
Alnwick Market Cross
Landmark Alnwick Northumberland

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

Rothbury Tree Trail
Rothbury Tree Trail
Landscape Rothbury Northumberland

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

The Lang Pack
The Lang Pack
Landmark Bellingham Northumberland

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

Royal Border Bridge
Royal Border Bridge
Bridge Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

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

The Snook
The Snook
Landscape Holy Island Northumberland

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

Hopealone Trig Point
Hopealone Trig Point
Trig Point Haltwhistle Northumberland

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

Maelmin Henge
Maelmin Henge
Religious Place Ford And Etal Northumberland

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

Cockle Park Tower
Cockle Park Tower
Tower Morpeth Northumberland

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

Lamb Hill Trig Point
Lamb Hill Trig Point
Trig Point The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Cresswell Pillbox
Cresswell Pillbox
Military Cresswell Northumberland

WW2 pillbox disguised as a ruined house.

Ravensheugh Crags Trig Point
Ravensheugh Crags Trig Point
Trig Point Simonburn Northumberland

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

Cragend Farm Hydraulic Silo
Cragend Farm Hydraulic Silo
Machinery Rothbury Northumberland

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

Braydon Crag
Braydon Crag
Crag, Rock And Cairn The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Cold Law Trig Point
Cold Law Trig Point
Trig Point The Cheviots Northumberland

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

Haggerston Dovecote
Haggerston Dovecote
Dovecote Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

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

Foulden Tithe Barn
Foulden Tithe Barn
Building Berwick Upon Tweed Northumberland

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

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