Days Out Northumberland & Things To Do North East UK

Northumberland is a wild and beautiful county tucked away in the very north east of England, bordering Scotland. Once part of the Roman Empire and the scene of many bloody conflicts between England and Scotland, Northumberland has a long and complicated history which is evident in it's many castles.

The landscape of the county is diverse, boasting 400 square miles of rolling hills and wooded valleys in the Northumbrian National Park, as well as the low and flat Northumberland coast on the North Sea. Sandy beaches and pretty fishing villages can be found along the 60 miles of coastline.


Holy Island	Hadrian's Wall	Chillingham Wild Cattle Park	Northumberland National Park

Main towns & villages in Northumberland include:


Acomb Allendale Town Alnmouth Alnwick Annitsford Ashington Bamburgh Bedlington Belford Berwick upon Tweed Blythe Chathill Chester le Street Chillingham Corbridge	Cornhill on Tweed Cramlington Darlington Eglingham Haltwhistle Haydon Bridge Heddon on the Wall Hexham Holy Island (Lindisfarne) Morpeth Newbiggin by the Sea Otterburn Ponteland	Prudhoe Riding Mill Rothbury Seahouses Slaley Stannersburn Stocksfield Tweedmouth Warden Warenford Wark Warkworth Widdrington Wooler Wylam