Places to see - Northumberland
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Off to Northumberland for the first time in a few weeks, and was after some pointers of must see places in the area, plus some nice driving roads as I'll be taking the VX220. Staying near Lindesfarne, so near to Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh, and planning on a day to Edinburgh, any other suggestions?
You really can't go wrong as we are spoilt for fabulous driving roads, especially heading arround Kielder. My personal favourite is the B6357 heading south, it has some great open twisty sections and leads you to Kielder if you head left just over the little bridge in Saughtree, a great road.
Warkworth, Amble, Craster, and Holy Island are all very much worth a visit if you're staying close to the coast, the Jim Clark Rooms in Duns are also worth calling into if you're heading upto Edinburgh.
Warkworth, Amble, Craster, and Holy Island are all very much worth a visit if you're staying close to the coast, the Jim Clark Rooms in Duns are also worth calling into if you're heading upto Edinburgh.
Park up at Craster and walk along the coast to Dunstanburgh Castle......amazing.
Holy Island/Lindisfarne Castle.......check tide times carefully...
Barters Bookshop and the treehouse at Alnwick.
Cragside......unmissable for a day out (The first house in the world to be lit by hydro electricity)...Magnificent.
Holy Island/Lindisfarne Castle.......check tide times carefully...
Barters Bookshop and the treehouse at Alnwick.
Cragside......unmissable for a day out (The first house in the world to be lit by hydro electricity)...Magnificent.
Wacky Racer said:
Park up at Craster and walk along the coast to Dunstanburgh Castle......amazing.
Holy Island/Lindisfarne Castle.......check tide times carefully...
Barters Bookshop and the treehouse at Alnwick.
Cragside......unmissable for a day out (The first house in the world to be lit by hydro electricity)...Magnificent.
This.Holy Island/Lindisfarne Castle.......check tide times carefully...
Barters Bookshop and the treehouse at Alnwick.
Cragside......unmissable for a day out (The first house in the world to be lit by hydro electricity)...Magnificent.
Coastline is amazing. Roads are good, but not open-sighted, which can be frustrating at times. Nice place.
I second all of the above, especially Cragside and Bamburgh Castle (both visions of the same man). Berwick is also well worth a visit on the way to or from Edinburgh.
If you're coming from the South and you've got time on either journey, avoid a stretch of A1 and head through the North Pennines. Most roads are fantastic, with some lovely villages / towns to stop at (we live in Allendale Town, which I obviously rate highly!).
If you're coming from the South and you've got time on either journey, avoid a stretch of A1 and head through the North Pennines. Most roads are fantastic, with some lovely villages / towns to stop at (we live in Allendale Town, which I obviously rate highly!).
Some of the best spots to see hadrians wall are via or just off the military road which starts from heddon-on-the-wall (guess which wall...). Its the B6318 which is decent so long as its not too busy?
There are 'some' nice bits of the A68 too which crosses the B6318.
If you fancy a run 'in land' I've always liked the A697 from the A1 just after Morpeth and heads off up to Wooler, Kelso, Jedburgh, etc. Watch for the cameras though.
The roads in and around Derwent Resivoir are also good although I've not been there for a while.
Depending on where you start and finish and how you plan your day and these and other roads can all be linked up?
As the Surveyor states there are some great back roads all over the NE its just a matter finding them! As a 'general rule' the further you head away from the populated areas centred around Newcastle the better the roads tend to be and they are more rural and less busy?
As a county relative to others we are reasonably well off in terms of cameras, not too many but they and the vans are there but also watch out for our cycling friends as they tend to be out more at this time of year, especially 'coast to coast' runs, etc.
Have fun!
There are 'some' nice bits of the A68 too which crosses the B6318.
If you fancy a run 'in land' I've always liked the A697 from the A1 just after Morpeth and heads off up to Wooler, Kelso, Jedburgh, etc. Watch for the cameras though.
The roads in and around Derwent Resivoir are also good although I've not been there for a while.
Depending on where you start and finish and how you plan your day and these and other roads can all be linked up?
As the Surveyor states there are some great back roads all over the NE its just a matter finding them! As a 'general rule' the further you head away from the populated areas centred around Newcastle the better the roads tend to be and they are more rural and less busy?
As a county relative to others we are reasonably well off in terms of cameras, not too many but they and the vans are there but also watch out for our cycling friends as they tend to be out more at this time of year, especially 'coast to coast' runs, etc.
Have fun!
.Adam. said:
We were staying in Scarborough on the way up, and was wanting to see Hadrian's Wall and Sycamore Gap, so that should take us across some of the Pennines, so that should be good.
Great then 
Get to Scotch Corner / Barnard Castle, B6278 to Stanhope then all the way through to Haydon Bridge via Rookhope > Allenheads > Allendale or Nenthead > Alston > Whitfield. Both these routes are awesome.
I particularly love the section Rookhope to Allenheads, past the abandoned mine, fantastic.
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