On your journey from Alston to the Lake District, stop at Hartside Top on the A686, where you can see right across the Eden Valley to the Solway Firth.
In the immediate area set in miles of unspoilt countryside:
The Lakes
Hadrian's Wall & the Roman Forts of Chesters and Vindolanda
The Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre
Barnard Castle
The South Tynedale Narrow Gauge Railway
Cross Fell (The highest point on the Pennines)
Weardale
Eden Ostrich Farm
Hexham, with its Abbey
Kielder Water & Forest
The Beamish Open Air Museum
Teesdale & High Force Waterfall
The Bowes Museum |
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