Northumberland Countryside attractions gazetteer

Allen Banks is a wooded estate laid out on both banks of the River Allen. The northern part of the estate is a Victorian wilderness garden complete with summerhouses and riverside trails. The southern part around Staward Gorge is more dramatic and wilder and includes the ruins of Staward Pele, a 14th-century tower.
Bardon Mill, Hexham, Northumberland, England, NE47 7BP

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century Staward Pele
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A small cluster of islands off the rocky Northumberland coast, the Farne Islands have been home to Celtic saints, seen heroic rescues, and are now a sanctuary for seals and an amazing bird population.
North Sea, Seahouses, Northumberland, England

Attraction Type: Countryside - Island
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Photos of Farne Islands
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The farm fields near Flodden, on the border between Scotland and England, incorporate the site of one of the most fateful battles in the long history of conflict between the Scots and English in this part of Northumberland.
Branxton, Northumberland, England

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The largest forest park in Britain, covering 250 square miles, is centred on the largest manmade lake in northern Europe. Kielder Forest offers recreational opportunities to walk, cycle, and drive through a magnificent wilderness area. The visitor centre is the 18th-century Kielder Castle, a former hunting lodge built by the Duke of Northumberland.
Kielder, Northumberland, England, NE48 1ER

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Heritage Highlight: 18th-century Kielder Castle visitor centre
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The name Lindisfarne is often used (incorrectly) to refer to Holy Island, a tidal island off the Northumberland coast. Though the island is small, it boasts a lot of historical interest. The chief points of interest are the dramatically sited Lindisfarne Castle, rising like a beacon on a rise above the seashore, and the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory, a medieval monastery.
Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England

Attraction Type: Countryside - Island
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Linhope Spout is a lovely waterfall in an idyllic countryside location in the Breamish Valley, on the edge of the Northumberland National Park. The water drops 60 feet to a plunge pool that local tradition says is bottomless. This is a good area to see the elusive red squirrel.
Linhope, Ingram, Northumberland, England, NE66 4LZ

Attraction Type: Countryside - Waterfall
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This is one of the longer stretches of heritage coastline in England, taking in 40 miles from Amble to the Scottish border just past Berwick upon Tweed. Along the coast are several superb nature reserves, including Coquet Island, off Amble, and the Farne Islands, off Seahouses.
Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership, c/o Northumberland County Council Morpeth, Northumberland, England, NE61 2EF

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The most northerly of the National Parks in England, Northumberland National Park is also the least visited and the least populated, although that is due more to its location than to any lack of interesting reasons for visiting. The southern border of the park is marked by Hadrian's Wall, and some of the finest Roman sites in Britain lie within the park's borders.
Northumberland National Park Authority, Eastburn Hexham, Northumberland, England, NE46 1BS

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A medieval cross, restored and re-erected in 1777, marks the site of the Battle of Otterburn, a battle fought by moonlight in 1388 between Scots under the 2nd Earl of Douglas and English led by Henry 'Hotspur' Percy, son of the Earl of Northumberland.
A696, Otterburn, Northumberland, England

Attraction Type: Countryside - Battlefield Monument
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Heritage Highlight: Marks the site of the Battle of Otterburn
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Near Belford is a natural sandstone cave said to be the place where the monks carrying St Cuthbert's body into exile from Lindisfarne sought shelter. Another version of the story says that Cuthbert spent several years in the cave as an anchorite hermit. The cave is on the St Cuthbert's way trail from Melrose to Lindisfarne.
Holburn Grange, Holburn Belford, Northumberland, England

Attraction Type: Countryside - Cave
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