GOLD Kingdom of Northumbria & the Scottish Borders

Sunday

We depart and make our way to
Northumberland where we enjoy 5 nights stay
with dinner, bed and breakfast.

During your stay

• Visit to Alnwick and a visit to the delightful
Alnwick Gardens, described by the
Victorians as the ‘Windsor of the North’.
The Castle has recently featured in the
Harry Potter films and Alnwick Garden
was the inspiration of the Duchess of
Northumberland.
• Visit to the villages of Ford and Etal, a vast
rural estate with Visitor Centre and the
Black Bull, Northumberland’s only thatched
roof pub.
• Lady Waterford Hall, a ride on the
Heatherslaw steam light railway and a visit
to the Heatherslaw corn mill.
• Berwick-upon-Tweed, with its Castles and
Towers.
• Our excursion takes us across the
causeway to Holy Island and the mysterious
Lindisfarne Castle – visible in the distance
from Bamburgh. NOTE: The crossing of the
causeway to Holy Island is governed by tide
times. It may be necessary to amend this
excursion.
• Journey through beautiful countryside to
the capital of Coquetdale, Rothbury.
• Magnificent Cragside House, now in the
care of the National Trust. Cragside was the
first house to be lit by electricity – a wonder
of the Victorian age.

Friday

After breakfast we leave and begin our
journey home