Northumberland Holiday Guide 2009
Places to
High House Farm Brewery
Matfen
01661 886192
www.highhousefarmbrewery.co.uk
Visit
Award winning real ale micro-brewery, located in a working farm close
to Hadrian’s Wall with a visitor centre, exhibition, brewery tours, tea
room, bar and brewery shop.
Prudhoe Castle
Prudhoe
01661 833459
HADRIANS WAll & NORTH PENNINES
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Superb small castle, one of a chain of fortresses built to defend
Corbridge, Prudhoe & Slaley Tynedale from invading Scots. The 12
th
century keep and gatehouse
and 14
th
century walls have survived in a remarkable state of
Aydon Castle preservation.
Corbridge
01434 632450
St Andrews Church
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Corbridge
Rare example of an unaltered 13
th
century fortified manor house that
01434 632979
was a private home for 700 years. Besides the impressive walls and
One of the earliest and most important churches in the north with parts
turrets, there’s a shop, picnic area and other visitor facilities.
dating from c.786AD and built with arches and stones looted from the
nearby Roman fort. In the churchyard a pele tower (refuge) still stands.
Cherryburn - Thomas Bewick’s Birthplace Museum
Wylam Railway Museum
Stocksfield, nr Prudhoe
Falcon Centre, Wylam
01661 843276
01661 852174
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Pleasing exhibition of railway memorabilia, with emphasis on local
Birthplace of Northumberland’s most famous artist and engraver, with
pioneers George Stephenson, Timothy Hackworth and William Hedley.
riverside walks, biographical exhibition and regular demonstrations of
Restricted opening hours so please call first.
traditional woodblock engraving.
HADRIAN’S WAll COuNTRy
Corbridge Roman Site (Corstopitum)
Hadrian’s Wall, Corbridge
Allen Banks & Staward Gorge
01434 632349
Bardon Mill, nr Hexham
www.english-heritage.org.uk/corbridge
01434 344218
Corbridge was an important base on Hadrian’s Wall and the extensive
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
military and civilian ruins excavated include the commander’s lavish
Local beauty spot close to Hadrian’s Wall with wonderful woodland
quarters - complete with underfloor heating!
walks along the banks of the River Allen to the dramatic Staward Gorge.
Carrawburgh Milecastle & Temple (Brocolitia),
Dilston Physic Garden
Hadrian’s Wall
Corbridge
Walwick, nr Hexham
01434 673593
0870 333 1181
www.dilstonphysicgarden.com
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Modern interpretation of a medieval herbalist’s garden with over 600
Site of a Roman milecastle with the ruins of a small temple dedicated to
medicinal plant species on display.
the ‘soldiers’ god Mithras. There’s a car park adjacent to the site.
FiFieFoFum Cawfields Milecastle, Hadrian’s Wall
Newton, nr Stocksfield Haltwhistle
01661 843778 0870 333 1181
www.fifiefofum.com www.english-heritage.org.uk
Nothing to do with giants or beanstalks, this is a superb gallery and Dramatic section of Hadrian’s Wall overlooking a steep slope with an
studio selling original art, prints, jewellery, sculpture, glasswork and
impressive milecastle and turrets. Toilets, picnic area and parking close by.
ceramics by leading local and national artists.
George Stephenson’s Birthplace
Crag lough, Hadrian’s Wall, Darren Turner
Wylam
01661 853457
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Railway pioneer George Stephenson was born in this miner’s cottage in
1781, which has been restored to its 18
th
century condition. There’s also
a riverside walk along the old Wylam Colliery wooden wagon-way.
Hearth Coffee Shop & Horsley Print Makers
Horsley, nr Stocksfield
01661 853081
www.horsleyprintmakers.co.uk
Coffee shop and local artists’ studio/gallery based in a 17
th
century
manse and adjoining 19
th
century schoolroom. Regular arts workshops.
Highland Cattle Centre
Whittonstall, nr Stocksfield
01661 843228/07968 865591
www.thehighlandcattlecentre.co.uk
Working farm with a visitor centre, pets’ corner, coffee shop, play area,
field walks, picnic area and plenty of opportunity to see the wonderfully
shaggy, long horned cattle originally bred in the Scottish Highlands.
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