The County of Northumberland
Part or all of Northumberland is in North Pennines AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Part or all of Northumberland is in Northumberland Coast AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Northumberland's Surrounding Counties
Other counties neighbouring Northumberland include: Cumbria, County Durham, Tyne and Wear and Scottish Borders .
Northumberland is a county with a great selection of places to visit including villages, ancient sites, beaches, hiking areas, geological features, castles, ruins, islands, towns, roman sites and historic monuments.
The county of Northumberland boasts some of the best villages including Milfield, Craster, and Bamburgh.
Northumberland's best ancient sites can be found at Milfield North Henge.
Northumberland is home to some unmissable beaches like Embleton Bay, and Bamburgh Beach.
Dunstanburgh, Sycamore Gap, and Hadrian's Wall near Hexham are great places to visit in Northumberland if you like hiking areas.
Northumberland features a number of interesting geological features including Gull Crag and the Rumble Churn, Greymare Rock, and Sycamore Gap.
The county of Northumberland boasts some of the best castles including Dunstanburgh Castle.
Northumberland is home to some unmissable ruins like Dunstanburgh Castle, WWII Sandbag Pillbox, and Old Limekiln at Dunstanburgh.
Farne Islands is a great place to visit in Northumberland if you like islands.
There are a number of towns in the county of Northumberland including Hexham, and Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Northumberland is home to some unmissable roman sites like Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, and Chesters Roman Fort.
There are a several good historic monuments in Northumberland county like Flodden.
