Walking in Northumberland - Circular Day Walks
Walking in Northumberland
36 day-walks by Alan Hall
Guidebook describing 36 circular walking routes in Northumberland from the Cheviots, to the Pennines and the coastline. Northumberland is a big county of great contrasts with some great walks both upland, moorland and dale, and on the coast. Also includes outlines of Northumberland's 8 long-distance trails. More...
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Seasons
Any time of the year is a great time to walk in Northumberland, although when cold and cloaked in Read More... winter the lower level walks may be attractive.Centres
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Lindisfarne, Wooler, Alnwick, Rothbury, Morpeth, Hexham, Allendale, Read More... Haltwhistle, Bellingham and many other villages.Difficulty
Day and half-day walking routes of varying difficulty from easy to longer and remoter upland walks.Must See
The Cheviot hills, the wild shoreline and Lindisfarne, the valleys of the northern Pennines.Northumberland
Climate and Weather Patterns
Flora and Fauna
History: Time Charts
County Guidelines
Access and Accommodation
Guide to the Guide
Special Interest Table
Clothing and Equipment
Safety
CHAPTER 1: The Cheviot Hills
Walk 1 The Old Ways
Walk 2 Northumberland’s Alpine Valley
Walk 3 Meltwater Channels and Bloody Remains
Walk 4 Muckle Cheviot
Walk 5 Eight Crags seen from Hedgehope
Walk 6 An Archaeological Adventure
Walk 7 The Great Breamish Round
Walk 8 Ancient Ways through ’Lytle Hills and Dyvers Valyes’
Walk 9 Vintage Cheviots
CHAPTER 2: Crags and Dales
Walk 10 Castles Ahoy
Walk 11 By Forest, Fell and Craggy Ridge
Walk 12 Coquetdale’s Millstones
Walk 13 A Holy Place and a Magic Place
Walk 14 ’Festina Lente’ – Hasten Gently
Walk 15 The Kielder Stane – with Feral Goats and Curlews
Walk 16 Sky Space and Bells Burn Loop
Walk 17 Victorian Endeavour – Stones Galore, a Profusion of Wildlife and Musical Burns
Walk 18 Blood and Thunder
Walk 19 Wallington Estate Walk
Walk 20 Wannie Line Walk
Walk 21 Classic Crags and Silver Birch
Walk 22 The Roman Memorial
Walk 23 River Allen by Gorge and Rigg
Walk 24 The South Tyne Line and ’Postman’s Path’
Walk 25 Flues and Chimney Stacks of the Silver Dale
Walk 26 Drovers, Miners and Monks
Walk 27 Northumberland’s Klondyke
Walk 28 Highs and Lows of the Silver Dale
CHAPTER 3: Northumbrian Shores
Walk 29 Berwick-upon-Tweed: The Elizabethan Walls
Walk 30 Berwick-upon-Tweed: The Silver River
Walk 31 Sandy Miles to the Pilgrim’s Way
Walk 32 The Lordly Strand of Lindisfarne
Walk 33 By Budle Sands and Bebbanbrough
Walk 34 Golden Beaches and a ’Turner’
Walk 35 The Craster and Howick Round
Walk 36 A Medieval Port, Auric Sands and Warkworth
CHAPTER 4: Long-Distance Walks
The Pennine Way
St Cuthbert’s Way
Hadrian’s Wall Path
Hadrian’s Wall Walk
The Alternative Pennine Way
Lakeland to Lindisfarne
An Alternative Coast to Coast
The Reiver’s Way
APPENDIX 1: Glossary of Names and Local Terms
APPENDIX 2: Further Reading
APPENDIX 3: Useful Information
APPENDIX 4: Summary Table of Walks










