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Ford and Etal
Etal has a 14th Century Etal Castle and within walking distance, is the Heatherslaw
light railway which takes you from Etal into
Heatherslaw - a great day out for young and old alike. You might explore the 19th century
water powered corn mill. Here, traditional methods and original machinery are used to
grind locally grown wheat into flour.
After which, you’ll no doubt feel tempted to buy some of the bakery’s cake or
bread from the Heatherslaw Mill gift shop. There is a tea room too, which offers
traditional home baking. Cycles can also be hired at Heatherslaw,
this is a good area for walking .
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In the picturesque Etal
Village, there is a post office with shop
and tea room, a nursery selling alpines, heathers and shrubs etc., and the
BLACK BULL,
Northumberland’s only thatched roof pub offering real ale.
Northumbria Nurseries with over 1600 different types of shrubs etc. and for the
artists, Lady Waterford Hall with large murals depicting the children of
the village and their families. Phone: 01890
820 338
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St. Mary Magdalene's Church
During the Millennium year every
household in the village of Whalton near Morpeth, was given a camera to
record what 2000 and the village meant to them. The prints were made into
2850 mosaic squares from which the Whalton Christ was created, it remains on
display in the church.
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Woodhorn
Colliery Museum
The Woodhorn colliery was opened in 1894
and remained operational extracting coal from beneath the ground until 1981.
It was opened as a Museum in 1989 depicting the life and times of the
Ashington Pitmen in the original Pith Head Buildings. It has become a
centre of local activities in Ashington the home of the famous footballers
Bobby & Jack Charlton and Jackie Millburn who worked in the Woodhorn Pit.
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Tynemouth Rail Station
The Italian Patriot of the early 1800s stayed in Tynemouth
during a Political visit to England, in a home now part of King's School noted
by an English Heritage Blue Plaque on a wall as you leave the Historic Rail
Station where a Craft & Flea Market is Held each Saturday &
Sunday.
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The name Garibaldi was later given to the
traditional fruity wafer biscuit and he also has a Restaurant &
Bistro named after him within the Platform Buildings of the Station,
there is a Bofi in the station for passing Cyclists on the Coast to
Coast Route along Hadrian's Wall to Carlisle.
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Alnwick Castle
Alnwick Castle has been in the Percy family since1309 and is
the home of the Duke of Northumberland. Open from April to October it is in the
centre of the town with fine gardens landscaped by Capability Brown, have a pre
visit at www.alnwickcastle.com
Warkworth Castle
English
Heritage
Web Site: www.english-heritage.org.uk
Warkworth Castle is one of the many ruined remains on the Northumberland coast
which boasts the finest sandy beaches in the British Isles.
The magnificent eight-towered keep of Warkworth Castle stands on its hill above the River
Coquet, dominating all around it.
A large and complex stronghold, it was home to the Percy family who at times wielded more
power in the North than the King himself.
Most famous of them all was Harry Hotspur (Sir Henry Percy), immortalised in Northumbrian
ballads and Shakespeare's Henry IV.
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Aidan's Winery
On Holy Island which can only be reach at low tide over the causeway are the
makers of Lindisfarne Mead, a sweet, honey based alcoholic drink which is
traditional to Northumberland, which was once made by the monks
of Lindisfarne Priory.
Barter Books
Britain's Largest Second
Hand Books with Tea or coffee, at Alnwick Rail Station on the main road into the
Market Place
The Northumbria Tourist
Board welcomes you to the
historic border country of North-East England, lying between Yorkshire and
Scotland and comprising the areas of Durham, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland and the
Tees Valley.
Web Site:
www.ntb.org.uk
E.Mail: feedback@ntb.org.uk
Bamburgh Castle Ivan Lindsay
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