WALKING IN NORTHUMBERLAND
Vivienne Crow
JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS,
OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL
About the Author
Vivienne is an award-winning freelance writer and photographer specialising in travel and the outdoors. A journalist since 1990, she abandoned the constraints of a desk job on regional newspapers in 2001 to go travelling. On her return to the UK, she decided to focus on the activities she loves the most – hill walking, writing, travelling and photography. Needless to say, she’s never looked back!
Based in north Cumbria, she has put her intimate knowledge of northern England to good use over the years, writing more than a dozen popular walking guidebooks. She also contributes to a number of regional and national magazines, including several regular walking columns, and does copywriting for conservation and tourism bodies. Vivienne is a member of the Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild.
Other Cicerone guides by the author
Walking in Cumbria’s Eden Valley
Lake District: High Level and Fell Walks
Lake District: Low Level and Lake Walks
© Vivienne Crow 2018
First edition 2018
ISBN: 978 1 85284 900 9
Replaces the previous Cicerone guide to Northumberland by Alan Hall
ISBN: 978 1 85284 428 8
Second edition 2004
First edition 1998
Printed in China on behalf of Latitude Press
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All photographs are by the author unless otherwise stated.
Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank the following for their help with this guidebook: Andy Chymera, Senior Public Transport Project Officer at Northumberland County Council; Alex Bell, Definitive Map Officer at Northumberland County Council; Northumberland walking guide and co-owner of Footsteps, Patrick Norris; Alex MacLennan and Richard Gilchrist, of the Forestry Commission; history enthusiast and keen walker Raymond Greenhow; Martin O’Loughlin, of Natural England; and the Northumberland Estates. A particularly big thank you to Heleyne and Jess for accompanying me on most of these walks, and for being patient models whenever the camera appeared.
Updates to this Guide
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Front cover: Dunstanburgh Castle (Walk 2)
CONTENTS
Clothing, equipment and safety
NORTHEAST NORTHUMBERLAND, INCLUDING THE COAST
Walk 1 Craster and Howick Hall
Walk 2 Dunstanburgh Castle and Low Newton
Walk 5 Berwick-upon-Tweed to Eyemouth
Walk 6 Norham Castle and River Tweed
Walk 7 St Cuthbert’s Cave and the Kyloe Hills
Walk 8 Doddington Moor
Walk 9 Bewick Moor
NATIONAL PARK (NORTH) INCLUDING THE CHEVIOT HILLS
Walk 10 Yeavering Bell from Wooler
Walk 11 Great Hetha, the border and Ring Chesters
Walk 12 The Cheviot
Walk 13 Ancient Ingram
Walk 14 Breamish Valley and Salter’s Road
Walk 15 Harbottle
Walk 16 Wether Cairn
Walk 17 Clennell Street and Usway Burn
Walk 18 Border Ridge including Windy Gyle