Northumberland Holiday Guide 2009
Steel Rigg Hadrian’s Wall Old Gaol
Once Brewed, nr Bardon Mill Hallgate, Hexham
www.nationaltrust.org.uk 01434 652349
The National Trust owns this six mile section of Wall from Cawfields to www.tynedaleheritage.org
Housesteads (managed by English Heritage). Arguably this is the most Built in 1330 this is the oldest purpose built gaol in England and now
famous section of Hadrian’s frontier complex with the Wall perched home to the recently refurbished Border Reivers Museum. The first class
high on the rocky crags of Whin Sill. Park at the Steel Rigg car park displays tell the story of the lawless Border families, many of whom
(operated by the National Park Authority) and there are tourist facilities ended their days in the dungeons of the Old Gaol.
at the Once Brewed visitor centre nearby (see above).
Queens Hall Arts Centre
Vindolanda (Chesterholm), Hadrian’s Wall
Beaumont Street, Hexham
Bardon Mill
01434 652477
01434 344277
www.queenshall.co.uk
www.vindolanda.com
Outstanding arts centre, housed in a handsome Victorian building
The large legionary fort at Vindolanda was built before Hadrian’s Wall and
opposite the Abbey Grounds, incorporating a thriving small theatre, art
later incorporated in the defences. The military and civilian town are well
gallery, exhibition space, library and café.
preserved – don’t miss the reconstructed lengths of Hadrian’s Wall and
houses. Excellent visitor facilities including parking, shop, museum and cafe.
North Pennines
Allenheads Heritage Centre,
Walltown Crags, Hadrian’s Wall
Coffee Shop & Nature Trail
Greenhead
Allenheads
0870 333 1181
01434 685586
www.english-heritage.org.uk
www.hadrianswallcountry.org
Spectacular and well preserved section with dramatic views of Hadrian’s
The remote village of Allenheads is in the heart of the North Pennines
Wall snaking across the volcanic crags of Whin Sill.
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, well worth a drive for the fabulous
Hexham Town
scenery and this community owned visitor centre dedicated to the
history of lead mining. Don’t miss the restored Armstrong water engine.
Hexham Abbey
Blanchland
Market Place, Hexham
Picturesque and unusual village located in a deep valley on the County
01434 602031
Durham border. The village was built in the 18
th
century on the site of a
www.hexhamabbey.org.uk
ruined monastery where the bishop’s house (now a hotel), church and
One of the earliest, most important and most beautiful churches in the
gatehouse survive. There are also pleasant walks along the river Derwent.
north with a Saxon crypt and Medieval painted rood screen, a rare
survivor of The Reformation, inside the imposing 12
th
century building.
The Garden Station
The Abbey also houses such treasures as Saxon carvings and Roman
Langley-on-Tyne, nr Hexham
funeral statuary looted centuries ago from nearby Hadrian’s Wall.
01434 684391
www.thegardenstation.co.uk
Hexham Abbey, Peter Atkinson Restored Victorian railway station, located in beautiful upland scenery,
with woodland walks, gardens, nursery & café and offering regular
workshops teaching arts, crafts, ecology and horticulture.
KIElDER & REDESDAlE
Otterburn, Redesdale & Bellingham
Bellingham Heritage Centre
Bellingham
01434 220050
www.bellingham-heritage.org.uk
Splendid local museum, located in a bustling village, with displays
tracing the history of the North Tyne valley, from the bitter blood feuds
of the Border Reivers through the 19
th
century mining boom, to the
opening of the Kielder dam in 1982.
Black Middens Bastle
Tarset, nr Bellingham
0870 333 1181
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Rare example of a 16
th
century bastle house. Such fortified farmsteads were
the only refuge from the murderous Border cattle thieves called Reivers - the
modern word ‘bereaved’ literally means ‘murdered by Reivers’.
Hareshaw Linn
Bellingham
www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk
Delightful three mile walk from the edge of Bellingham village to the
Romantic waterfall of Hareshaw Linn. The ruined buildings on the way
are the remains of Bellingham’s Victorian iron works.
Otterburn Mill
Moothall & Gallery
Otterburn
Market Place, Hexham
01830 520225
01434 652351
www.otterburnmill.co.uk
www
.tynedaleheritage.org
.tynedaleheritage.org
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th
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