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A guidebook to two long-distance trails in Northumberland - St Oswald's Way (156km, 97 miles) and the Northumberland Coast Path (100km, 62 miles). Exploring the Northumberland National Park and Northumberland Coast AONB, the walks are suitable for reasonably fit walkers and can be enjoyed year-round.
- St Oswald's Way between Heavenfield and Lindisfarne (Holy Island) is presented in 7 stages between 12 and 29km (7-18 miles) in length
- Northumberland Coast Path can be tackled in 6 stages of 12-24km (7-15 miles) between Creswell and Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Parts of the trails overlap so can be combined to form a 177km (110 mile) route
- Routes from key areas including Heavenfield, Cresswell, Amble, Kirkwhelpington, Rothbury, Craster, Warkworth, Bamburgh, Holy Island, West Mains, Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Local points of interest are featured including Warkworth Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall, Simonside, Howick Hill Fort, Dunstanburgh Castle, Lindisfarne Priory, Cheswick Sands
- 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk
- Detailed information on public transport, amenities and accommodation
About the author
Rudolf Abraham (https://www.rudolfabraham.com) is an award-winning travel writer, photographer and guidebook author specialising in Central and Southeast Europe. He is the author of over 15 books, including the first comprehensive English-language hiking guidebooks to Montenegro and Croatia, and has contributed to many more. His work is published widely in magazines. He first visited the mountainous borderlands of Montenegro and Albania in 2004, having already lived and worked in neighbouring Croatia in the late 1990s - and has been a frequent visitor to this little-known corner of Europe ever since.
