Northumberland Holiday Guide 2009
Bailiffgate Museum Hauxley Nature Reserve Visitor Centre
Bailiffgate Low Hauxley, Druridge Bay
01665 605847 01665 711578
www.bailiffgatemuseum.co.uk www.nwt.org.uk
This former Victorian church of St Mary has become a fascinating Northumberland Wildlife Trust nature reserve is created from a landscaped
museum tracing the long and often bloody history of Alnwick and North open cast mine. The reserve now boasts six hides (one with wheelchair
Northumberland. access) around a lake to view Bewick swans, shoveler ducks and purple
sandpipers to name just a few of the bird species that call Hauxley home.
Barter Books
Alnwick Old Station
Howick Hall Gardens & Arboretum
01665 604888
Longhoughton, nr Alnwick
www.barterbooks.co.uk
01665 577285
Alnwick’s disused railway station is now home to one of the largest
www.howickhallgardens.org.uk
second hand and antiquarian bookshops in Britain. Browse through the
Howick Hall has been the family seat of the Earls Grey (who supplied
hundreds of bookshelves and relax with a coffee in front of real fires.
the prime minister after whom the tea is named) since 1319. The family
still lives in the glorious neo-classical house and have opened their
House of Hardy Museum
fabulous gardens, inspired by Victorian planter William Robinson, to the
Willowburn Trading Estate, Alnwick
public. Besides the breathtaking gardens, arboretum and bog garden,
01665 510027/602771
there is a cosy tea room which, of course, serves Earl Grey tea.
www.hardyfishing.com
Warkworth Castle
One of the world’s best manufacturers of rods and reels needs no
Warkworth
introduction to anglers, but even non-fishermen will find the museum full
01665 711423
of interest and plenty to buy in the factory shop and country store.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
During the Middle Ages the Percy family, lords of Alnwick Castle, lived
Hulne Park
in the safer, more comfortable castle at Warkworth. Despite being
Alnwick Castle
abandoned for Alnwick in the 18
th
century, the fortress is almost
01665 510777
complete with an impressive keep, curtain Walls and gatehouse.
www.alnwickcastle.com
The Castle’s beautiful parkland was landscaped by Capability Brown in
Warkworth Hermitage
the 18
th
Century, painted by Turner in the 19
th
century and today offers
Warkworth
miles of pleasant woodland walks. The best views are from the ‘folly’ of
01665 711423
Brizlee Tower.
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Long before reality TV abandoned celebrities in jungles, Medieval lords
The Lion’s Den
kept pet hermits for their entertainment. Warkworth’s Hermitage is a rare
Willowburn Trading Estate Alnwick
survivor of this curious practice and can be reached by a short walk and
01665 606860
ferry ride across the river Coquet.
www.lionsden.com
An out of town warehouse has been converted into a series of fantastic
Alnwick Countryside
indoor adventure playgrounds for children of all ages and there’s even a
Brinkburn Priory
quiet corner for mums and dads.
Longframlington
Alnwick Coast
01665 570628
www.english-heritage.org.uk
The priory at Brinkburn is nearly 900 years old yet has survived
countless Border wars almost intact; the only modern addition is a
Victorian roof. The priory is reached by a short scenic walk from the car
park and the unfurnished manor house next door is also open to the
public. Brinkburn hosts a music festival every summer.
DG Burleigh
Longframlington
01665 570635
www.burleighsmallpipes.com
The bags of Northumbrian ‘small’ pipes are filled by bellows not blown
like their larger Scottish cousins and the haunting music produced is
quintessentially Northumbrian. DG Burleigh is one of the best known makers
of small pipes and pipe maker to the Duke of Northumberland’s official piper.
Edlingham Castle
Edlingham
01289 304493
Picturesque ruin of a 14
th
century fortified manor house whose tower
leans at a sharper angle than Pisa’s famous monument.
Longframlington Gardens
Longframlington
01665 570382
Dunstanburgh Castle, Peter Atkinson
www.longframlingtongardens.co.uk
12 acres of glorious gardens, with an emphasis on low maintenance
Dunstanburgh Castle
and tranquillity, to inspire the most reluctant horticulturalist.
Craster
Northumberland National Park Visitor Centre
01665 576231
Ingram Valley
www.english-heritage.org.uk/dunstanburgh
01665 578890
The haunting (and haunted) ruins of the largest castle in the north, once
www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk
the residence of Edward III’s son John of Gaunt, stand on the cliff tops
Located in the beautiful and secluded Ingram Valley, this visitor centre is
above the little fishing village of Craster (home of the famous kippers!).
one of the gateways to the Cheviot Hills whose high windswept summits
The castle is reached by any easy walk along the cliffs from a car park in
are crowned by Iron Age hillforts. For the less energetic there are plenty of
the village.
places to picnic by the lovely river Breamish.
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