National Trust places in Northumberland

Northumberland's largest ancient woodland in a dramatic river gorge with Victorian paths and red squirrels.

Birthplace of engraver Thomas Bewick on the Tyne, with a printing workshop and museum of his woodblock art.

Dramatic 14th-century castle ruin on a remote Northumberland headland, accessible only on foot.

Spectacular Northumberland seabird colony with thousands of puffins, Arctic terns and breeding grey seals.

Humble Wylam cottage where the father of the railways George Stephenson was born in 1781.

Dramatic sections of the Roman frontier wall riding the Northumberland crags, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Holy Island monastery ruins, a surviving rainbow arch and a museum of Northumbrian Christianity.

The Percy family’s medieval fortress, with a cross-shaped keep and a separately arranged Hermitage visit.