HOW TO GET HERE
BY AIR
To explore Hadrian’s Wall follow the B6318, known locally as The
Newcastle International Airport is well served by good main roads as
Military Road, which runs parallel to the A69 from the western edge of
well as a Metro rail link to Newcastle city centre, bus services and
Newcastle to the Cumbrian Border.
plenty of taxis.
To explore the North Pennines follow the A686 from Haydon Bridge
Newcastle International Airport
to Alston on the Cumbrian border or the B6306 from Hexham to
Tel: 0871 882 1121
Blanchland on the County Durham border.
www.newcastleairport.com
To explore Kielder follow the B6320 from Chollerford near Hexham
BY SEA
along the North Tyne Valley to Bellingham, then take the sign posted
There’s easy access to Northumberland from Germany, France,
minor roads for Kielder.
the Low Countries and beyond, via daily sailings to/from Ijmuiden
(Amsterdam), Holland to The Port of Tyne International Ferry Terminal in
To explore Coquetdale and the Simonside Hills follow the B6341 from
North Shields.
Otterburn to Alnwick via Rothbury.
DFDS Seaways
BY BUS
Tel: 0871 522 9955
There are good local bus services to Northumberland’s towns and
www.dfdsseaways.co.uk
larger villages and special tourist services that serve Hadrian’s Wall
and Kielder Water & Forest Park during the season. Please check with
BY RAIL
Traveline for summer timetables.
The journey time from London Kings Cross to Newcastle Central
Station is under 3 hours. There are also stations at Morpeth,
Traveline
Alnmouth (for Alnwick) and Berwick-upon-Tweed served by East
Tel: 0871 200 2233
Coast Main Line trains as well as local services from Newcastle.
www.travelline.org.uk
A line along the Tyne Valley/Hadrian’s Wall links Newcastle and
Carlisle.
NORTHUMBERLAND LOCATION
National Rail Enquiries
Tel: 08457 48 49 50
www.nationalrail.co.uk
National Express East Coast (Main Line Services)
Tel: 0845 225 225
www.nationalexpress.com
Cross Country (Local Services)
Tel: 0870 010 0084 (enquiries), 0844 811 0124 (tickets)
www.crosscountrytrains.com
Northern Rail (Tyne Valley Line)
Tel: 08457 000 125
www.northernrail.org
EXPLORING NORTHUMBERLAND
BY CAR
Away from the main roads, Northumberland is blessed with scenic
drives along roads that are some of the quietest in the country.
The busiest ‘A’ roads are the north-south A1 Newcastle-Berwick
and the east-west A69 Newcastle-Carlisle routes. The A68 runs from
Corbridge in the Tyne Valley to Jedburgh whilst the A696 runs from
Newcastle to Otterburn where it joins the A68. The A697 runs from
Morpeth in mid Northumberland to Coldstream on the Scottish Border.
To explore the coast, there’s a wonderful drive following the A1068
Newbiggin-Lesbury, the B1339 Lesbury-Embleton and the B1340
Embleton-Bamburgh roads.
Miles/Journey time
Alnwick Berwick Hexham Kielder Morpeth
Bristol 330 6hrs 358 6hrs 39 mins 311 5hrs 23mins 315 6hrs 9mins 311 5hrs 36 mins
Carlisle 87 1hr 58mins 87 2hrs 24mins 38 53mins 38 1hr 36mins 69 1hr 34mins
Edinburgh 88 2hrs 4mins 57 1hr 20mins 96 2hrs 14mins 77 2hrs 22mins 105 2hrs 25mins
Leeds 129 2hrs 34mins 158 3hrs 13mins 104 2hrs 16mins 146 3hrs 33mins 110 2hrs 10mins
London 317 6hrs 7mins 346 6hrs 46mins 292 5hrs 47mins 347 7hrs 1min 299 5hrs 43mins
Manchester 171 3hrs 28mins 200 4hrs 7mins 154 2hrs 54mins 158 3hrs 40mins 153 3hrs 4mins
York 123 2hrs 21mins 152 3hrs 10mins 98 2hrs 11mins 141 3hrs 30mins 105 2hrs 7mins
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