This charming Northumberland town is the perfect place to spend a weekend.
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From medieval castles to Edwardian Arts-and-Crafts architecture.
Leave the car behind and explore Britain’s highways, byways and coastal pathways on two wheels.
Though popular with families, hikers, birdwatchers and watersports enthusiasts, Northumberland’s coastline is wonderfully unspoilt and crowd free.
The culture hub of the North East offers a wealth of attractions.
Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.
Kielder is one of the most isolated corners of England with the clearest night skies; yet it doesn’t feel like England at all. Gemma…
When it comes to walks, Northumberland has almost too much on offer.
Discover the county’s lesser-known treasures.
It was, say English Heritage, a kind of Berlin Wall, and controlled the north–south flow of human traffic for some 250 years until the…
Lindisfarne as a whole appears as a long grey-green streak across a glistening expanse of sea, saltmarshes and sandflats. Gemma Hall, author of Slow…
Alnwick is one of the most vibrant and historically interesting market towns in Northumberland. Gemma Hall, author of Slow Travel Northumberland ‘Alnwick is ever…
Visitors to the region will be struck by how many restaurants, pubs and food stores have got behind the organic and local food revival.…
Bamburgh’s famous medieval castle spectacularly rising from the dunes is undoubtedly one of England’s finest coastal fortresses. Gemma Hall, author of Slow Travel Northumberland…
From the moment you step ashore, you’ll see puffins crash-landing with beaks stuffed full of sand eels, terns wheeling in the sky or spearing…