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Walking in Northumberland
Much of Northumberland's coast from Berwick-upon-Tweed south to Alnmouth is an Area of outstanding Natural Beauty and a walk along part of this coast is yet another 'A' list project. The cliffs and beaches are superb and have the added advantage of being relatively free of people. The bracing climate and particularly the very common sea mist make the beaches unattractive to sun worshippers and so there has been little demand to develop the coast. This in turn, has ensured that wildlife has remained and walkers will be impressed with the variety of sea birds including terns, comorants, fulmars, kittywakes and many others. There are also two of Northumberland's many castles stunningly sited on the coast, Bamburgh and the ruined Dunstanburgh (NT), near Craster.
Blanchland - Blanchland is a delightful stone built model village on the banks of the River Derwent clustered around the church and nestled within woodland and moors. The name is derived from the white robes of the monks of the Premonstratensian Abbey, which was founded here in 1175 and dissolved in 1539. The village layout is based on a monastic plan and the church comprises the former chancel, crossing and north transept of the abbey church. OS Maps: Explorer™ 307 A Walk from Blanchland [NY 965505]
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Northumberland
is a paradise for those walkers who seek unspoilt and untamed landsacape,
space, solitude and that exhilarating sense of freedom that dramatic
hill country can provide. Northumberland National Park and the Cheviot
Hills provide spectacular scenery with vast straw coloured areas of
open wilderness moorland and opportunities to see great wildlife including
redshank and golden plover. Stretching from the north of the county
down the western side to the South Tyne valley the Park offers a range
of scenic facets and walking possibilities. Of particular interest are
the Breamish Valley, the beautiful Coquetdale and the Simonside Hills
south of Rothbury which offer splendid views over much of Northumberland.
On the west side of the National Park Kielder Forest Park offers quiet
dark pine woods and the blue expanse of Kielder Water.
Crossing
the county from the western border just south of the National Park to
Newcastle Upon Tyne in the east is Hadrian's Wall, northernmost frontier
of the Roman Empire. Here the more gently undulating landscape retains
the impression of space and walking the wall with nothing but the sound
of the wind and the cries of the Curlew is an enjoyable experience.
It's a facinating one too, exploring the Roman forts and milecastles
and marvelling at the scale of this civil engineering project and picturing
the lives of the legionaires who were stationed along it.
South
of Hadrian's Wall the land rises once more into the North Pennines Area
of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This is an area not to be missed, once
again with remote moorland, but tempered with contrasting attractive
villages such as Allendale and Blanchland near the Derwent Reservoir.
This stunning area continues southwards into County Durham and the upper
Tees.