CONTENTS
Going Slow in Northumberland.................................7
Northumberland 8, How this book is arranged 10
1 Newcastle, Gateshead &
the north Tyneside coast.............................................15
Getting around 15, Newcastle 17, Gateshead 29,
The Coast: North Shields to Whitley Bay 33
2 T he Northumberland Coast.........................................39
Getting around 39, The south Northumberland coast 42, Alnwick 51,
The Heritage Coast 60
3 T he Tyne Valley & North Pennine fringes...........101
Getting around 102, The Tyne Valley 104, Into the North Pennines 129
4 Hadrian's Wa ll Country...............................................145
Getting around 145, Hadrian's Wall & Roman forts 148
5 K ielder to Morpeth .......................................................165
Getting around 165, Kielder's forests & lakes 168, Otterburn, Bellingham &
the hills 177, Along the River Wansbeck: Kirkwhelpington to Morpeth 190,
Around Ponteland 198
6 T he Hills..............................................................................211
Getting around 212, The Cheviot valleys & hills 215, Rothbury & around 239,
Northumberland's sandstone hills 247, The Rivers Tweed & Till 258
accommodation..............................................................271
Index....................................................................................277
