6 National Trust places to visit in Northumberland, including 2 houses & gardens, 1 countryside, 1 castle. Tick them off your checklist as you go, or explore them on the interactive map.

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.