The RSPB reserve lies a mile off the coastline on Coquet Island. The Ancient market town of Rothbury, on the River Coquet can trace its origins back to c.1100. In the surrounding hills there is evidence of much earlier Bronze Age settlements, hill forts and cup and ring marks. There is no escape from the fact that coal was largely responsible for the development of Ashington. Prior to the first efforts to extract coal early in the nineteenth century, the town was little more than a collection of farms.
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Distances by road will be longer. The gardens at Howick are deliberately aimed at garden lovers and we intend to keep them free from commercial exploitation. Standing on a rocky outcrop overlooking miles of beautiful sandy beach, Bamburgh Castle dominates the Northumbrian landscape. Take a trip back into the glorious days of steam with a magical ride on the North Tyneside Railway. Distances shown are in a direct line.