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Northumberland is a rural county in , on the - border. It contains one of the most picturesque and untouched stretches of coastline in the United Kingdom and contains rolling hills and low mountains in the sparsely populated interior.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Berwick-upon-Tweed and Lindisfarne.

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is a town in Northumberland, two miles south of the border with Scotland. Berwick is on the north bank of the Tweed and nowadays forms a combined town with Tweedmouth and Spittal on the south bank.

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The Holy Island of is a tidal island off the coast of Northumberland, reached by road causeway. It has an ancient priory, a castle tastefully decorated by Lutyens, and wildlife on its quiet sandhills.

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is an attractive small town in Northumberland in northeast England, with a population of 8400 in 2021. It's best known for Castle, often used as a film and TV location.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Morpeth and Hexham.

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is a market town on the River Wansbeck in Northumberland in northeast England, with a population in 2021 of 14,400. Its main sight is the chantry and bagpipes museum.

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is a small market town in the Tyne valley of Northumberland, 24 miles west of Newcastle. It's an attractive place with a medieval abbey and jail, and a good base for exploring Hadrian's Wall to the northwest.

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is a town in Northumberland in northeast England, 18 miles north of Newcastle. It's a former mining district and now a commuter town, with a population of 28,000 in 2021.

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is in Northumberland, with hills and forests along the border with Scotland. The park is bisected by A68 and this page describes facilities west of that highway.

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is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.

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is an industrial port in Northumberland 17 miles north of Newcastle, with a population of just under 40,000 in 2021. It has limited sights and you'd only come here for business or to visit family.

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form the border between England and Scotland, with most sites of visitor interest in Northumberland in England. See for their portion within Scotland.

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is a town in Northumberland in northeast England. It's a commuter town for Newcastle six miles south, with a population of 29,000 in 2021. You might break a journey up the A1 to Scotland here: the town's main sight is its offbeat open-air sculptures.

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is a village in the Tyne valley of Northumberland, 16 miles west of Newcastle and 4 miles east of Hexham. It's an attractive small place and the main reasons to visit are to see the Roman town of Coria, and to explore Hadrian's Wall further north.

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is a town in Northumberland in northeast England. With a population of 10,300 in 2021, it's the largest of a string of villages along the lower Tyne valley.

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is a fishing village on the Northumberland coast, about 30 miles north of Newcastle. It's a quiet place with a population of 5900 in 2021. The main attraction is seeing the bird life on Coquet Island a mile offshore.

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is a town in Northumberland, on a lowland route into Scotland that skirts the , with a population of 2000 in 2021. "Situated in an ill-cultivated country under the influence of vast mountains, from whence it is subject to impetuous rains" was the Norman conquerors' dismal assessment of it in 1107.

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The are a wildlife reserve off the coast of Northumberland in northeast England, with no permanent residents. They're owned by the National Trust and visited by boat trips from .

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is a village on the coast of Northumberland in northeast England, at the outflow of the River Aln. With a population of 444 in 2021, is pronounced 'Allen-mouth', whereas nearby Alnwick is "Annick".

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are neighbouring villages in Northumberland, which together with Crookham have a population of 500. They're separate villages around their own castle, but "Ford and Etal" is the name of the landholding estate.

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is a small town on the Northumberland coast, with a population of 1700 in 2021. Fishing vessels work from its harbour, which is also the start point for trips to the .

Northumberland

Latitude of center
55.2425° or 55° 14′ 33″ north
Longitude of center
-2.0654° or 2° 3′ 55″ west
Population
320,000
Elevation
906 feet (276 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11609026
Wiki­data ID
Q23079
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Northumberland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Northumberland”
  • Arabic: “نورث ثمبرلاند”
  • Arabic: “نورثمبرلاند”
  • Armenian: “Նորթամբերլենդ”
  • Asturian: “Northumberland”
  • Azerbaijani: “Nortamberlend qraflığı”
  • Balinese: “Northumberland”
  • Basque: “Northumberland”
  • Belarusian: “графства Нартумберленд”
  • Belarusian: “Нартамберленд”
  • Belarusian: “Нортамбэрлэнд”
  • Bengali: “নর্থাম্বারল্যান্ড”
  • Breton: “Northumberland”
  • Bulgarian: “Нортъмбърланд”
  • Catalan: “Northumberland”
  • Cebuano: “Northumberland”
  • Chinese: “Northumberland”
  • Chinese: “诺森伯兰郡”
  • Chinese: “諾森伯倫郡”
  • Chinese: “諾森伯蘭”
  • Chinese: “諾森伯蘭郡”
  • Cornish: “Northumberland”
  • Czech: “Northumberland”
  • Danish: “Northumberland”
  • Dutch: “Northumberland”
  • Esperanto: “Northumberland”
  • Estonian: “Northumberland”
  • Finnish: “Northumberland”
  • French: “Northumberland”
  • Galician: “Northumberland”
  • German: “Northumberland”
  • Greek: “Νορθάμπερλαντ”
  • Greek: “Νορθουμβρία”
  • Gujarati: “ઉત્તરઅમ્બરલેન્ડ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Northumberland”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז נורת’מברלנד”
  • Hebrew: “נורת’מברלנד”
  • Hindi: “नॉर्थम्बरलैंड”
  • Hungarian: “Northumberland”
  • Icelandic: “Norðymbraland”
  • Indonesian: “Northumberland”
  • Interlingua: “Northumberland”
  • Irish: “Northumberland”
  • Italian: “Northumberland”
  • Japanese: “ノーサンバーランド”
  • Kannada: “ನಾರ್ಥಂಬರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Korean: “노섬벌랜드주”
  • Kurdish: “Northumberland”
  • Ladin: “Northumberland”
  • Latin: “Northumbria”
  • Latvian: “Nortamberlenda”
  • Lithuanian: “Nortamberlandas”
  • Lithuanian: “Nortumberlandas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Grofschaft Northumberland”
  • Macedonian: “Нортамберленд”
  • Malay: “Northumberland”
  • Manx: “Northumberland”
  • Marathi: “नॉर्थअंबरलँड”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Northumberland”
  • Narom: “Nord-Humbrelande”
  • Northern Frisian: “Northumberland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Northumberland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Northumberland”
  • Norwegian: “Northumberland”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Northumberland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Norþhymbraland”
  • Ossetian: “Нортамберленд”
  • Persian: “نورث‌آمبرلند”
  • Polish: “Northumberland”
  • Portuguese: “Northumberland”
  • Portuguese: “Nortúmbria”
  • Quechua: “Northumberland”
  • Romanian: “Northumberland”
  • Russian: “Нортамберленд”
  • Scots: “Northumberland”
  • Serbian: “Нортамберланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Northumberland”
  • Sicilian: “Northumberland”
  • Sindhi: “نارٿمبر لينڊ”
  • Slovak: “Northumberland”
  • Slovenian: “Northumberland”
  • Spanish: “Northumberland”
  • Swahili: “Northumberland”
  • Swedish: “Northumberland”
  • Tajik: “Нортумберленд”
  • Tamil: “நோர்த்தும்பேர்லண்ட்”
  • Telugu: “నార్తంబర్లాండ్”
  • Thai: “นอร์ทัมเบอร์แลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Northumberland”
  • Uighur: “Nortumbér Wilayiti”
  • Ukrainian: “Нортамберленд”
  • Urdu: “نارتھمبرلینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Northumberland”
  • Venetian: “Northumberland”
  • Vietnamese: “Northumberland”
  • Vlaams: “Northumberland”
  • Volapük: “Northumberland”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Northumberland”
  • Welsh: “Northumberland”
  • Western Frisian: “Northumberland”
  • Western Panjabi: “نارتھمبرلینڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “诺森伯兰郡”
  • Yiddish: “נארטהאמבערלאנד”
  • Yue Chinese: “諾森伯倫郡”

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