Northumberland
Discover Northumberland
Northumberland. England’s best kept secret. This stunning landscape, with over 70 castles, rolling hills and 60 miles of romantic rugged coastlines, is the land that time – and tourists – forgot. We love watching the effect it has on our guests, and watching them fall in love with it.
Awarded the country’s most tranquil spot, it’s where you’ll find England’s cleanest rivers, clearest air, and darkest skies. Northumbria even had its own language until the sixteenth century, and the famous local accent – the ‘Northumbrian burr’ – still sounds like no other English accent.
Our Northumbrian guides are our ‘local heroes’; fantastic company, and incredibly informative, with the kind of local knowledge you don’t find on the average tour. They’ll know when to catch ‘golden hour’ at that secluded beach, or which pub serves the best Craster kippers or Lindisfarne oysters.
Our Northumberland Itineraries
Walking tours of Northumberland could take in the Anglo-Saxon stronghold of Bamburgh, the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, the cradle of Christianity, or the aptly named Chillingham Castle – Britain’s ‘most haunted’.
Or bike right up to Hadrian’s Wall, discover the Roman fort of Vindolanda, which contains the oldest written documents in Britain, or the thriving market town of Hexham, a feast for the eyes, and for food lovers.
And with first-class accommodation in some of England’s most atmospheric and characterful boutique hotels and historic inns, and a delicious Northumbrian supper at the end of each day, most people wish they never had to leave.
Itineraries
Steeped in Roman and Viking history and heritage
Travel to some of the real out-of-the-way hidden gems that most overseas visitors never even hear about.
