NORTHUMBERLAND NATIONAL PARK

Flowers return to the hay meadows (86)
405 square miles of countryside (81)
Archaeology in the park (77)

BIRDS IN NORTHUMBERLAND

Lapwings and snipe increase on Otterburn Moors (86)
Puffin numbers rise to 55,000 pairs on Farne Islands (85)
Birdwatch Northumbria, bird tours and courses (84)

NORTHUMBERLAND ARTISTS

World famous wood engraver, Thomas Bewick (77,85)
Wildlife artist James Alder (79)

NORTHUMBERLAND NATURE RESERVES/WILDLIFE

Sand dunes at Blyth/Hartley Links (86)
Bolam Lake Country Park (85)
Whale sightings off the Northumberland coast (80)
Natural History Society of Northumbria (79)

NORTHUMBERLAND HISTORIC BUILDINGS

Blagdon Hall, farming for the future (83)
Howick Hall (79,81)
Brinkburn Priory (80)
Newminster Abbey (79)

NORTHUMBERLAND HISTORY

Alnmouth, the vanished seaport (82)
Berwick’s history wizard (78)
Historic postcards (77)
Sea fishing communities (78)

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NORTHUMBERLAND WALKS

Northumberland Coast Path (85)
Reiver’s Way long-distance walk (82,83)
Summer walks (79)

NORTHUMBERLAND GARDENS

Winter garden at Wallington (83)
Howick Hall gardens and woodland walks (81)

LARGEST IN NORTHUMBERLAND

Whitton Tower - the county’s largest Pele tower - (86)
Amble Town Square - Europe’s largest sun dial (85)
Cheviot, the county’s highest peak (81)

NORTHUMBERLAND CASTLES

Aydon, near Corbridge (77)
Belsay,late 14th century castle,16th c manor house(78)
Dunstanburgh the finest 14th century “gatehouse” castle in Northumberland (86)
Haughton, its role in the French Revolution (86)
Harbottle, links with Margaret Tudor (84)
Tynemouth, built by monks (84)
Chillingham Castle (79)
Thirlwall (77)

UNIQUE TO NORTHUMBERLAND

The world famous wild white cattle of Chillingham (82)
Prehistoric rock art (81)
Shepherd’s Law, 20th century hermitage (80)