Places to Visit In Rothbury

A collection of twelve almshouses designed by Norman Shaw for Lord Armstrong to house his retired workers in Rothbury.

Two weathered rock formations representing a priest and his clerk on the banks of Cartington Hill in Rothbury.

Guided tours of a rewilding project on the Hepple Estate with links to Hepple Gin.

Over six hundred years of stones crossing the Coquet, connecting the route of the old corn road from Hexham to Alnmouth.

Explore stunning water features, magical gardens a treehouse restaurant and the mysterious Poison Garden in Alnwick Garden.

A rare and significant medieval ruin, which served as the first school in Alnwick.

Located on the site of an ancient village cross at Longhoughton, it was on the route of the pilgrimage from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne to Durham.

A country house near Christon Bank and home to a past Prime Minister, and the longest serving Foreign Secretary.

Training trenches dug by members of the 18th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers in preparation for World War I.

A castle and country house in Alnwick, Northumberland. It is the seat of The 12th Duke of Northumberland.

Sandstone crag, popular with climbers, on the hills near Edlingham with a hidden surprise.

Mysterious large stone pillar remains situated high up in Edlingham Woods giving views across Northumberland.

A large rock in next to Simonside in Rothbury that resembles a small church and may have been a meeting place for persecuted religious groups.

An 18th century market cross that would have been used for proclamations.

A tree trail around Rothbury town centre and riverside showing you all the different types of trees and their history.

An experimental hydraulic silo to improve the efficiency of processing cut grass into silage built by Lord Armstrong.

A 2,000 year old hillfort located on Lordenshaw Hill on the outskirts of Rothbury at the foot of the Simonside Hills.

A holed stone in the Simonside Hills that lines up with the summer solstice.

A stone pant in Holystone Village named after St Mungo, the patron saint of Glasgow.

A late 18th or early 19th Century Lime Kiln just outside Shilbottle.

A water tower sitting next to the kitchen garden of Alnwick Gardens.

Fountains and water troughs throughout Alnwick that were once used to provide clean water.

Statue to Henry Percy, also known as Harry Hotspur, Alnwick's most famous Knight and one of Shakespeare's best known characters.

A 15th century gatehouse that was part of the Alnwick old town walls.

Originally part of the town's medieval defences, this tower is now a luxury holiday cottage.

A column in memory of James Evelyn's parents, moved from Felbridge up to Lemmington, Northumberland.

A Doric style column with a Percy Lion on the top dedicated to the 2nd Earl of Northumberland.

A ruin of a folly shaped like a shepherd's hut on the Alnwick moors.

A radome housing an RAF radar at Brizlee Wood sitting on top of Alnwick Moor.

A pele tower that used to be part of the vicarage for the adjoining St James Church.

Famous book shop in the old Alnwick train station.

A Parish Church close to the centre of Rothbury, parts of which date back to the 1200s

The Parish Church of St James in Shilbottle

A fortified farmhouse (Bastle) near Harbottle.

A lime kiln situated on Alnwick Moor, one of 400 that would have been used in Northumberland.

A cave in Hulne Park guarded by a statue of a hermit.

A small saxon church built on the site of an old 8th century church near Edlingham Castle.

A spectacular woodland planted on crags to the north and south.

A stone cross marking where Malcolm III, King Of Scotland was slain at the Battle Of Alnwick.

The ruined chapel of an old hospital located in Denwick near to Alnwick Castle.

A lovely 2 level waterfall just under a bridge near Edlingham.

Cragside is a Victorian country house near Rothbury in Northumberland, built for William Armstrong and his wife, Margaret.

A flat castle-like observatory on Ratcheugh Crag overlooking Alnwick.

A sandstone ridge to the south of Rothbury with teems of crags, wildlife and amazing views.

A ruined 13 century priory sitting in the grounds of Hulne Park in Alnwick.

A 12th century medieval monastery built on a bend of the River Coquet, near Rothbury.

The ancestral home of the Earls Grey since 1319. (As in the tea!)

An atmospheric little pool surrounded by a grove of trees.

The best preserved Lime Kiln in the Northumberland national park at Tosson.

A 600 year old ruined Pele Tower used as a stronghold against invading scots.

A ruined medieval castle situated at the west end of the village of Harbottle.

A lovely little 12th century ruined castle just outside of Rothbury.

Quite simply the biggest free standing boulder in Northumberland!

The Market Cross was erected to the memory of Lord And Lady Armstrong.

An elaborate Gothic style tower based in Hulne Park.

A 14th century ruined castle managed by the English Heritage.

Sharp's Folly is an 18th century tower in Rothbury, and is the oldest folly in Northumberland.

A drinking water reservoir with beautiful surrounding scenery.

A 14th-century fortification on the coast of Northumberland between the villages of Craster and Embleton. Built by Earl Thomas of Lancaster between 1313 and 1322.