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BACK ROADS GREAT BRITAIN
Wild Northumbria
Above On the approach road to the impressive Bamburgh Castle
KEY
Drive route
Above Sand dunes at Beadnell Beach,
near Bamburgh Castle
PLAN YOUR DRIVE
Start/finish: Kielder Water to Lindisfarne Island.
Number of days: 2, including a wait for the tide.
Distances: 126 km (79 miles).
Road conditions: Roads are well-maintained.
When to go: From late May to early August – but
the weather can be windy at all times of year.
Main market days: Alnwick: Market Square, Sat &
Thu (Mar–Sep); Farmers’ Market last Fri of the month.
Festivals: Alnwick: International Music Festival,
Aug; Cragside: Rothbury Traditional Music Festival,
Jul; Brinkburn Priory Music Festival, early Jul.
Sparsely populated and with a large pristine moorland
habitat, Northumberland is a county of wild beauty. The
long and low coastline has seen more development than
the wilder, more hilly interior, but as much as a quarter of
the county is protected as part of the Northumberland
National Park. This makes the area one of the best in the
country for a driving holiday – the roads are generally
empty and the scenery simply stunning. Architecturally,
the area is also surprisingly rich. Sharing a border with
Scotland and facing the North Sea, Northumberland was
often subjected to attacks from marauding Scots and
pillaging Vikings. As a result the coast and interior is
studded with more castles than any other county.
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