Places To Visit In Northumberland

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 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.

When originally built, the Union Chain Bridge near Berwick Upon Tweed was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world.

A Grade II listed building that was constructed in 1796 to store ice for the fishing industry.

The trig point sitting on top of Blackman's Law (274m) near Otterburn.

A 2,000 year old hillfort located on Lordenshaw Hill on the outskirts of Rothbury at the foot of the Simonside Hills.

The trig point sitting on top of Branshaw (326m) on the Otterburn Ranges.

A cairn on the cusp of the Cheviot and right on the border of England And Scotland.

A set of crags on the north east face of Hedgehope Hill standing at 404m above sea level.

The highest perched toilet in England, situated in Northumberland National Park

Defensive walls built in the 16th century, now managed by English Heritage.

A standstone semi-circular escarpment located above Catcleugh Reservoir near Byrness.

Two Market Crosses in Corbridge.

The trig point sitting on top of Barcombe on Thorgrafton Common (280m).

A Nature Reserve alongside the River Breamish in the Northumberland National Park

A small wooden "off the peg" church in Fourstones, Northumberland. One of only two wooden Victorian missions in the country.

A Bronze Age four-poster stone circle located near Ravensheugh Crags in Northumberland.

A timber cabin set on the banks of Kielder Water mirrored on the opposite bank by another, more simple hut.

A ruined bastle in Redesdale near Otterburn in Northumberland standing as a reminder of the tumultuous history of the borders.

Two rocky outcrops on the banks of Hedgehope Hill.

The Blackdown trig point (310m) located on the Ray Wind Farm near Kirkwhelpington.

A holed stone in the Simonside Hills that lines up with the summer solstice.

A 5m high cairn on Padon Hill marking the wedding anniversary of some local notables and to honour the work of a prominent Presbyterian preacher.

Totem poles have stood in the village of Stonehaugh since 1971 and these three are the latest carvings.

The trig point sitting on top of Gains Law in The Cheviots (319m).

A 17th century stone bridge over the River Tyne that is the oldest surviving bridge over the River.

Remains of the Roman Bridge across the River Tyne that led to the Roman Town.

Church in the heart of Corbridge village, originally built around 674.

Ruins of a Roman garrison located on Hadrians Wall, with a museum of artifacts found on site.

Remains of a former smelting mill hidden in the Northumberland countryside.

The trig point sitting on top of Titlington Pike (233m) near Eglingham.

The highest crag in Northumberland sitting on Mid Hill on the Cheviot Summit.

Old 19th century pottery on the outskirts of Corbridge, previously known as Walker's Pottery.

A magical waterfall located a short walk into the Northumberland National Park.

An ancient well found by St Cuthbert in Bellingham, topped by a Georgian pant and known for its miracles.

The trig point sitting on top of Old Fawdon Hill in Ingram Valley (315m).

A stone circle marking the grave of three kings of Denmark.

An old Victorian water tower in Haltwhistle that now houses a shop and cafe.

A church with 13th century and earlier origins set on the spectacular Church Point Headland in Newbiggin by the Sea