Holiday Homes in Northumberland

Northumberland is England's northernmost county, a spacious, uncrowded land of empty moors, dark skies and a castle-studded coast. It is worth being clear that this is a county in its own right, lying east of Cumbria and divided from it by the Pennines, so it is neither in Cumbria nor the Lake District. Reaching it means crossing the breadth of the north, and it richly rewards the journey as a destination all of its own.

The county packs in some of England's finest sights. Bamburgh Castle rises above its great sweep of beach; the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, reached across a tidal causeway, holds its ancient priory and castle; the Farne Islands teem with seabirds and seals; and Alnwick Castle and its spectacular garden draw visitors from far and wide. Inland, Northumberland National Park runs from the lonely Cheviot Hills down to the central crags of Hadrian's Wall, and with neighbouring Kielder it forms one of Europe's largest expanses of protected dark sky.

Northumberland suits those after wide beaches, castles, wildlife and stargazing, a holiday quite distinct from the Lakes. If a property here has caught your eye, browse our Northumberland holiday homes and discover England's grand, quiet north-east.