A hugely popular holiday destination for its wild and sweeping landscape of
endless beaches of pale sand, succession of spectacular castles like
Bamburgh and Dunstanburgh, congenial resorts like Alnmouth, and unique
offshore attractions like Holy Island and the Farne Islands.
Now, Roland
Tarr's new Trail Guide maps out the walker's route along the entire
coast, starting from the centre of Newcastle and including an extension
beyond Berwick to the seabird crags of St Abb's Head.
Along the
way the guide covers the remarkable industrial heritage of this
coastline - the coalmining town of Ashington that gave birth to both the
Ashington Group of Pitmen Painters and the Charlton brothers - and its
fabulous wildlife, with seals and puffins off the shore.
From a handsome
Tyneside city to a distinguished border town straddling the Tweed, this
is a superbly bracing walking country for the ever-increasing number of
tourists who discover Northumberland every year.
