Hadrian's wall
The long distance footpath following Imperial Rome's most enduring monument in Britain stretches 73 miles from Wallsend in Newcastle to Burgh-by-Sands near Carlisle,
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2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY ON OUR DOORSTEP
From Roman legions and Saxon saints, to Border Reivers and Victorian lead mines, the Allen Valleys are rich in history
HISTORIC HEXHAM ABBEY
Built in 674AD, burned by the Scots in 1296 and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536, Hexham's abbey boasts unique treasures such as a Saxon crypt and a pre-Reformation painted rood screen
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Border Reivers
To protect themselves from the murderous raiders known as Reivers, farmers built "bastles" and more than forty of these fortified houses can still be seen in the Allen Valleys.
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TAKING THE LEAD
For most of the Industrial Age Allendale was a centre for lead mining but though the mines are long gone an extraordinary flue system, 2 miles long, can still be seen.