Itineraries
Did you see tonight’s episode of Great British Railway Journeys hosted by Michael Portillo? It was the second episode to feature the beautiful countryside of Northumberland. Michael continued his journey south-west along the Newcastle to Carlisle line. Featured on the programme was Hadrian’s Wall, which was once patrolled by soldiers from all corners of the [...]
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Hope you saw our beautiful county on Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys on 23rd January. Michael visited the historic walled town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the magnificent Royal Berwick Border bridge. He continued to Alnwick via Alnmouth railway station to visit Barter Books, which was previously Alnwick’s railway station; and stay at The White Swan [...]
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Our Haltwhistle and Wooler cycle hubs each consist of seven cycling routes of varying terrain and difficulty. Now you can download the GPX files for these cycle routes to use on your desktop PC or mobile phone. You can then use these files to navigate the cycle routes. You’ll find a quick and easy online [...]
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Can you think of some great things to do on the Northumberland coast that don’t involve using a car? If so, the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership would like to hear from you and if we like your idea you could even win a great prize. The Northumberland Coast AONB Partnership [...]
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I’m just starting to work on ideas for itineraries around Northumberland. The finished product will be hosted on our main site, www.visitnorthumberland.com and will include the length of the tour, places to eat, little-known facts . . . all kinds of useful and interesting things like that. The first two will be focused on [...]
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