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55.168°N 1.688°W
A market town on the River Wansbeck with a 17th-century clock tower standing in the middle of the street.
Free to walk. Town-centre pay-and-display parking; trains from Newcastle in about 15 minutes.
55.309°N 1.911°W
Capital of Coquetdale. Just outside town is Cragside, the first house in the world lit by hydroelectricity.
Free to walk. Car parks in the town centre.
55.281°N 1.818°W
A 12th-century Augustinian priory hidden in a loop of the River Coquet. The church was re-roofed and restored in the Victorian era.
English Heritage. Opening is seasonal; check before you go. A short walk down from the car park.
55.416°N 1.706°W
Home of the Percy family, Earls and later Dukes of Northumberland, for more than 700 years.
The castle is privately owned and ticketed; the town and the view from the riverside are free.
55.388°N 1.612°W
A storm on Christmas Day 1806 moved the river mouth and cut the village off from its own church hill, which still stands across the estuary.
Free. Small car parks fill fast in summer; Alnmouth station is a mile away.
55.469°N 1.828°W
A small stone village in the hills north-west of Alnwick.
Residential village. Please be considerate parking.
55.472°N 1.593°W
A fishing village known for its kippers, and the start of the coast walk to Dunstanburgh.
Pay-and-display car park at the edge of the village.
55.489°N 1.595°W
Begun in 1313 by Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, the richest nobleman in England. He probably saw it once, and was captured in 1322 while fleeing towards it, then executed. Local legend says the knight Sir Guy the Seeker still searches the ruins.
English Heritage / National Trust. Around a 45-minute walk from Craster, no facilities on the way.
55.500°N 1.616°W
A wide dune-backed bay with the best view of Dunstanburgh's ruins from the north.
Free. Park in the village and walk down to the bay.
55.555°N 1.633°W
A sweeping bay with 18th-century lime kilns at the harbour, now cared for by the National Trust.
Free. Car park by the harbour.
55.581°N 1.654°W
The harbour for boat trips out to the Farne Islands and their seabird colonies.
Large pay-and-display car park. Boat trips run seasonally.
55.608°N 1.709°W
The rock was the seat of the kings of Northumbria. Grace Darling, who rowed out to a shipwreck in 1838, is buried in the churchyard.
The castle is privately owned and ticketed. The beach and dunes are free.
55.669°N 1.800°W
Lindisfarne. Aidan founded a monastery here in 635; Vikings raided it in 793, the attack often called the start of the Viking Age in England.
Tidal causeway. Check the safe crossing times every time; people get stranded each year.
55.153°N 1.522°W
A long beach just north of the River Blyth, often overlooked for the coast further north.
Free. Roadside parking.
55.046°N 1.497°W · North Tyneside
A village just over the border in North Tyneside, outside Whitley Bay.
Residential village; the pub is a working pub.
Filmed in Northumberland. Newest first. New productions are added as their locations are confirmed.
Lonesome Pine Productions
Eight-part daytime crime drama. Robson Green plays ex-convict Joe Ruby opposite Liz White's DI Rose O'Connell. Premieres Friday 23 October, 2pm, with four episodes on iPlayer the same day.
Locations: Morpeth, Rothbury, Brinkburn Priory, Alnwick, Alnmouth, Eglingham, Dunstanburgh Castle, Embleton, Beadnell Bay, Seahouses, Bamburgh, EarsdonFilmNation / The Mediapro Studio
Six-part thriller adapted from Graham Norton's novel. Principal photography took place in Northumberland earlier in 2026.
Locations to be confirmedDir. Danny Boyle
Danny Boyle's return to the 28 Days Later world filmed in Rothbury in 2024.
Locations: RothburyQuay Street Productions
Folk-horror mystery set on a fictional Welsh island, filmed along the Northumberland coast.
Locations: Alnwick, Alnmouth, Craster, Embleton, Bamburgh, CamboisSilverprint Pictures
Fourteen series of Brenda Blethyn's DCI Stanhope. Exteriors of Vera's home were filmed on Holy Island.
Locations: Holy IslandWarner Bros.
Alnwick Castle stood in for Hogwarts in the first two films, including the broomstick lessons.
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