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Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle stands on a crag of volcanic dolerite, part of the Whin Sill, above the Northumberland coast.
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Best time to visit
May to September for the coast; autumn and winter for stargazing.
Getting there
Trains on the East Coast line stop at Alnmouth and Berwick-upon-Tweed; Newcastle is about 3 hours from London.
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Bamburgh Castle stands on a crag of volcanic dolerite, part of the Whin Sill, above the Northumberland coast.
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Bondgate Within, Alnwick NE66 1TD, UK
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12 Bailiffgate, Alnwick NE66 1LX, UK
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21-23 Lucker Rd, Bamburgh NE69 7BS, UK
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Battle Hill, Hexham NE46 1BA, UK
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Glororum, Bamburgh NE69 7AW, UK
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The Coach House, High Warden, Hexham NE46 4SR, UK
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2-8 Bailiffgate, Alnwick NE66 1LX, UK
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34-38 Green Batt, Alnwick NE66 1TU, UK
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98 Main St, Seahouses NE68 7TP, UK
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1 Church St, Haydon Bridge, Hexham NE47 6JG, UK
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4 Shaftoe St, Haydon Bridge, Hexham NE47 6BJ, UK
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2 Aydon Gardens, Alnwick NE66 2NT, UK
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22 Bondgate Without, Alnwick NE66 1PN, UK
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Low Gate, Hexham NE46 2NN, UK
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Sunniside House, Acomb, Hexham NE46 4RP, UK
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Budle, Hall, Bamburgh NE69 7AJ, UK
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Fowberry Farm, Bamburgh NE69 7AT, UK
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Dilston, Corbridge NE45 5RA, UK
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187 Main St, North Sunderland, Seahouses NE68 7TU, UK
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Causey Hill Rd, Hexham NE46 2JN, UK
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20 Links Rd, Bamburgh NE69 7AX, UK
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High Yarridge, Yarridge Rd, Hexham NE46 2JP, UK
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95 Main St, North Sunderland, Seahouses NE68 7TS, UK
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174 Main St, North Sunderland, Seahouses NE68 7UA, UK
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Glororum, Bamburgh NE69 7AW, UK
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32 Narrowgate, Alnwick NE66 1JG, UK
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Ravenslaw House, South Rd, Alnwick NE66 2NZ, UK
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The Avenue, Alnwick NE66 1UL, UK
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Alnwick Station, Alnwick NE66 2NP, UK
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Once Brewed, Hexham NE47 7AN, UK
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Aln Valley Railway Trust, Lionheart Railway Station, Lionheart Enterprise Park, Alnwick NE66 2EZ, UK
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Unit 3, Gate Retail Park, Hexham NE46 3PJ, UK
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Bamburgh NE69 7DF, UK
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Alnwick NE66 1NQ, UK
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Housesteads Roman Fort, Haydon Bridge, Hexham, Northumberland
Housesteads Roman Fort is one of the best places to see Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.
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Seahouses, Northumberland
Alnwick, Northumberland
Alnwick, Northumberland
Castle and garden town, inland from the coast.
Village below a vast castle and beach.
Lindisfarne, cut off twice a day by the tide.
Roman forts and wild walking in the south west.