Driving into Rothbury on a sharp morning, I let the folk musician Kathryn Tickell take over the steering. Not in body, you understand, but in spirit. The hum and skirl of the Queen of the ...

A scenic Northumberland walk has been named one of the best ... before climbing to follow the spine of the Simonside Hills, with fabulous views north to the snow-dusted Cheviots along the Scottish ...

A walk in Northumberland's Simonside Hills is a beautiful way to spend the day whatever time of the year it is. The hills, which lie southwest of the town of Rothbury and are just inside ...

“The Simonside Hills are quintessential Northumberland,” John thinks ... eyes to the joy and majesty of these hills and takes us on a few of her favourite walks. The Kinder Plateau may sit on the ...

Anyone who's ever been or even just seen a few pictures, is well aware of its beauty and now Northumberland National ... The park, home to the Cheviot Hills, Simonside Hills and Coquet Valley ...

Newcastle Hiking has a walk planned in Northumberland ... This year, the walk will take place in the Simonside Hills near Rothbury, meeting at 08:30. "It means that more people in our neck ...

It is the silence that strikes you first. Standing in the Simonside hills area of the Rothbury estate in Northumberland, there is bracken underfoot and open countryside as far as the eye can see.