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Walking in Northumberland - Circular Day Walks

Cover of Walking in Northumberland
Availability
Reprinted
Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
22 Dec 2010
Edition
Second
ISBN
9781852844288
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ISBN (10)
1852844280
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm
Weight
270g
Pages
224
No. Maps
37
No. Photos
85
Originally Published
1 Jun 2004

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.
 
 
INTRODUCTION  
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    

 
 
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