Northumberland

[shaun5]

Off to Northumberland next week. Has anyone got any recommendations for things to do ?

 

[GrannyJen]

Berwick on Tweed, Elizabethan walls, nice town centre, Shell petrol station selling some of the cheapest diesel in the North East outside of supermarkets.

Holy island - castle, priory, St Cuthbert, Vikings, causeways, nice pubs.

Farne Islands ... Seabirds, lots of them, stinks but lovely. Ferry from Amble.

Bamburgh Castle - but then the whole coastline is littered with them, a sort of medieval social housing project on a grand scale,.

Craster Harbour, nice cafe, Britstop about 10 minutes walk away.

Visitor centre, Newbiggin on sea ... History of fishing, coal, hard work, industrial revolution. Nice loos, nice cups of tea.

Whitley Bay, Blackpool with a geordie accent.

Northumberland national park, Kielder water, beautiful open expanses. Fabulous.

Ashington - mining town, home town of Jackie Milburn and his nephews Bobbie and Jackie Charlton. Statues in town square.

Just South of the Tyne, Marsden, grotto, cliff steps or lift to a pub... then nice clifftop walk to Roker beach, childhood home of Granny Jen but no statue to her.

 

[Californiaman]

As above! Plus the pub at Seahouses is well worth a visit as is the castle at Alnwick. Dunstan Hill C&CC site is well placed for a bit of walking.

 

[GrannyJen]

Addendum to Bamburgh and Farne Islands ... Bamburgh last resting place of Grace Darling, Farne Islands where dad was lighthouse keeper at the time of the heroic rescue of the crew of the forfarshire.

 

[Neilgbj]

Just got back from there...all of the above !

Kiedler Water is wonderful, good cycle ride round it (about 26 miles...moderate inclines etc)....nice small campsite at Bellingham. Did Hadrians wall the day before

All of the castles, Bamburgh, Lindisfarne, Dunstanburgh.......the walks in between along the coast are wonderful....Alnmouth was delightful

Car park right on the beach where we managed to squeeze in a BBQ....

Beadnell, quite nice, great walk from there to a pub at Newton.

Also used campsites at Dunstan Hill, Beadnell, Waren Hill.....enjoy!

 

[stevieb]

Hello

Yes to all of the above especially Newton by the Sea spent my childhood there......

 

[Skylark2.0]

Ice cream at seahouses, go rock pooling at Beadnell (north of kilns), Alnick castle (take your broomstick and quaffle), second hand bookshop at Alnick town (hidden gems in there), smoked kippers at Craster, Dunstanburgh castle, the Cheviot and the view of Bamburgh Castle. Better go for 2 weeks....

 

[larrylamb]

Beadnell Bay C&CC site well placed by the sea with nice pub The Craster Arms 10 mins walk away. Near to Seahouses for boat trips to the Farne Islands, Alnwick Castle recommended as is National Trust property Cragside. Love it there.

 

[shaun5]

Berwick on Tweed, Elizabethan walls, nice town centre, Shell petrol station selling some of the cheapest diesel in the North East outside of supermarkets.

Holy island - castle, priory, St Cuthbert, Vikings, causeways, nice pubs.

Farne Islands ... Seabirds, lots of them, stinks but lovely. Ferry from Amble.

Bamburgh Castle - but then the whole coastline is littered with them, a sort of medieval social housing project on a grand scale,.

Craster Harbour, nice cafe, Britstop about 10 minutes walk away.

Visitor centre, Newbiggin on sea ... History of fishing, coal, hard work, industrial revolution. Nice loos, nice cups of tea.

Whitley Bay, Blackpool with a geordie accent.

Northumberland national park, Kielder water, beautiful open expanses. Fabulous.

Ashington - mining town, home town of Jackie Milburn and his nephews Bobbie and Jackie Charlton. Statues in town square.

Just South of the Tyne, Marsden, grotto, cliff steps or lift to a pub... then nice clifftop walk to Roker beach, childhood home of Granny Jen but no statue to her.

 

[shaun5]

Thankyou for such an exhaustive list. On our visit to Roker beach the statue petition will start in earnest !

 

[GrannyJen]

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Talking rubbish again.

 

[shaun5]

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Talking rubbish again.

 

[shaun5]

Very touching

 

[Gasgas]

The walk from low Newton by the sea to Dunstanburgh castle,take the dunes on the way out and the beach on the way back and then stop at the ship inn at low Newton for brunch or lunch ,fantastic home made soup and atmosphere. The fish and chip shop at seahouses (not the tourist one at the Harbour but the one in the back streets it has a maroon painted front ,Haddock the best I've had ever) .

 

[Gavinskii]

.....and don't forget Hadrians Wall & the fantastic Housesteads Roman fort

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hadrians-wall/

 

[KP01]

Off to Northumberland next week. Has anyone got any recommendations for things to do ?

Warkworth Castle. Ice-cream in Amble (and fish and chips by the harbour).

 

[chuggertwo]

love northumberland ....just love it....the castles the beaches the islands, the wind the seals,terns and puffins. Seahouses, the rock shop and the fish and chips...a boat out to the farnes (magic), a midnight walk to dunstanburgh, visit cragside...and marvel at armstrongs inventiveness....alnwick and the joys of barter books...the castle and bamburgh... prefer the ramshackledness of chilling ham castle and the wild white park cattle. meander down the coast to alnmouth and visit the bagpipe museum at morpeth. whizz over to holy island and grimace at stories of the vikings and marvel at the gospels and tales of st cuthbert and grace darling...wander up to the castle there too....watching out that you don't get caught by the tides....then up to berwick and it's fought over history...then out to wooler and the national park. Prehistoric rings to be found in the hills by ford and maybe the lilting swirling of the northumbrian pipes...kathryn tickle country or before her billy pig.That's not mentioning dark places and fielder forest and hexham and the roman wall of hadrian. Oh I could wax lyrical about those places and wonder why I draw attention to it's wonders as I hate the idea of it being too spoilt and over run.

 

[chuggertwo]

Sorry ...about awful grammar..Kathryn Tickell...etc blasted predictive text!

 

[shaun5]

Think I may have to extend my stay !

 

[chuggertwo]

well....not everyone's tastes are the same....crab sandwich or craster kipper....windswept and skittish or blasted and cold ...want to go home etc