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Exploring the Northumberland Coast Path DVD

30/10/2007

Exploring The Northumberland Coast Path

The Northumberland Coast Path is a long distance footpath which opened last year and is now attracting a growing number of walkers.

The 64 mile route from Cresswell, at the southern end of Druridge Bay, all the way north to Berwick, is part of the North Sea Trail, a European Union funded project involving 26 regions that share a North Sea heritage. The path is not a continuous trail but offers sections of spectacular coastal walking in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands and Germany. In the UK, the path runs along the Moray Firth, Aberdeenshire, Fife, East Lothian, and the North Yorks Moors.

Apart from the Druridge Bay section, the bulk of Northumberland’s coastal path travels through the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). AONB status recognises that the beaches, dunes, cliffs, castles, nature reserves, villages and islands make the Northumberland Coast one of the finest landscapes in the country.

The creation of the path was undertaken by Northumberland County Council aided by European funding. The route follows the coast in most places with an inland detour between Belford and Holy Island. Most of the paths are existing public rights of way, but in some places new access had to be created in consultation with private landowners, the National Trust, Northumberland Wildlife Trust, and no fewer than seven golf courses which had to be passed or crossed.

A 100 minute widescreen DVD presented by Keith Hartnell has now been produced by Blagdon based Northern Heritage and features eight short walks.

1. Cresswell to Warkworth via Druridge Bay and Amble
2. Warkworth to Craster via Alnmouth, Boulmer and Howick
3. Craster to Seahouses via Low Newton, Embleton and Beadnell
4. Seahouses to the Farne Islands by boat
5. Seahouses to Belford via Bamburgh, Budle Bay and Ross Sands
6. Belford to Fenwick via St Cuthbert’s Cave
7. Holy Island from Beal via the Pilgrim’s Way
8. Fenwick to Berwick Upon Tweed via Fenham and Goswick Sands

The DVD is aimed at encouraging walkers and visitors to explore and discover this wild area of coastline, at the same time as promoting a wider understanding of the natural, cultural and historical heritage.

Featuring majestic castles and golden coastline, windswept beaches, rocky cliffs, tiny hamlets and fishing villages as well as interviews with local experts, the DVD was part funded by a grant from Northumberland County Council.

From Monday 3rd March the DVD will be available from most tourist information centres and visitors attractions in the region; most major high street stores, and from Northern Heritage direct.

To see a clip of the DVD or to order, click here:
www.northern-heritage.co.uk/product.php?id=101639

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