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Northumberland is an Area of Outstanding
Beauty, accessed by the A1 Highway from the south with connections from the M1
Motorway from London and the west coast M6 via the A69 from Carlisle.
The A1 runs north out of Newcastle-upon-Tyne through
Morpeth, Alnwick to Berwick-upon Tweed on the Scottish Border to the north before continuing
on to Edinburgh. While the A69 runs out of Newcastle west up the Tyne valley,
following closely the route of Hadrian's Roman Wall through Hexham, Haltwhistle
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Newcastle - Lindsay
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The A68 wanders in a northerly direction
en-route from Teesside through Corbridge and on up
the Tyne Valley to Otterburn. Where it joins the secondary road out of
Newcastle, before it rises over the border at Carter Bar to Hawick and Jedburgh
in Scotland.
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Another secondary route across the Scottish border is the
A697 over the picturesque lowland moors from Morpeth in a northerly direction
through Wooler to Coldstream and onto Kelso over the border. |
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Borders Festival of the Horse
The Third Borders
Festival of the Horse will be held 19th-30th May 2004. This year there are
nearly 40 events including 2 days racing at Kelso, the Floors Castle Horse
Trials, and a Grand Competition Day at Newtown St Boswells. There will be
guided rides nearly everyday in different parts of the Scottish Borders.
This year these rides will be themed around 'Castles, Keeps & Towers'. The
Competition Day will be sponsored by Miller's Town & Country.
www.bhsscotland.org.uk
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HERE to Take
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Horse on Holiday
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
Emperor Hadrian's Roman
Wall
The wall from Newcastle to Carlisle, coast to coast across the British Isles is
the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain.
It is the best known frontier in the entire Roman Empire and stands as a reminder of past
glories of one of the world's greatest civilisations.
Designated a World Heritage Site
Forts, museums and events bring Roman history to life, walks lead you through spectacular
countryside.
Time spent exploring this unique Roman heritage in its ever changing setting will leave
you with an unparalleled sense of awe and wonder.
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Cragside near Rothbury |
Lord Armstrong's
Stately Home
A Victorian mansion, designed by R. Norman Shaw for the 1st Lord Armstrong and the
first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity, a system developed by Armstrong
using man-made lakes and underground piping.
He also created extensive pleasure grounds surrounding the house, planting millions of
trees and building forty miles of drives and footpaths.
The Power Circuit, a 1mile walk alongside Debden Burn, includes the Ram and Power houses
in which hydraulic and hydroelectric machinery is displayed.
The Victorian Terraced Garden contains a remarkable Orchard House, ferneries, loggia,
Italian garden and restored 19th-century clock tower.
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Ivan Lindsay
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Agricultural
Country Shows
Harbottle Country
Show 1st September 2007
Thropton Country
Show 15th September 2007
Alwinton Country
Show 6th October 2007
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Cheviots Challenge
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The Cheviots Challenge is a long distance walk in the
Cheviot Hills of Northumberland, open to walkers and fell runners. Its
purpose is to raise much needed funds for the Northumberland National Park
Search and Rescue Team. The Rescue Team is responsible for search and rescue
of people within the Northumbria Police Authority and, when requested, will
respond to assist Search and Rescue Teams in adjoining areas.
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