Northumberland

Greenhead to Milecastle Inn - 27 April 2024 All the routes are south of Hadrian's Wall for this trip out. Although from the programme you would think that Greenhead to the Milecastle Inn would be along Hadrian's Wall, to get the mileage for the walks we would either have to start to the west of Greenhead or walk along the…

Falstone to Kielder - 13 April 2024 Although it's on the walking programme as Falstone to Kielder the routes are around Kielder Reservoir. Two of the routes are going east to west on the north side and one route is going in the same direction on the south side. Two routes start on the southern end of the reservoir and…

Powburn to Glanton - 2 March 2024 We are going on a salubrious coach journey, all the way from North Tyneside to Glanton in Northumberland. In 1895 when the Northumberland historian David Dippie Dixon came to this part of Northumberland he called Glanton a salubrious little village. David probably arrived in the area by train because a branch line to…

Hexham to Slaley - 3 February 2024 It is not exactly a repeat of our last time out on the 20th of January because this time we are on this side of the river, the south side of the River Tyne that is. We are also walking south towards Slaley but the 9-mile route starts one bus stop away from…

Hexham to Warden - 20 January 2024 It's just across the bridge. Warden that is, actually the little village of Warden is a bit further up the road. Just across the bridge is a place called Bridge End, consisting of a pub called the Boatside Inn and an old church converted into small office suites. Why is it called Bridge…

Warenford to Chatton - 6 January 2024 It's a new year and the start of our walking programme for 2024. We have tried to create a programme with a variety of different walks, some from quite a few years ago and others more recently. Our first walk this year is from Warenford to Chatton. Warenford is just off the A1…