Northumberland Travel Guide

Northumberland is England's most northerly county. This does need saying as Scotland's most northerly was Sutherland! The border between England and Scotland goes from south-west to north-east so that many points in Northmberland are farther north than many towns in south-west Scotland.

In the south of the county is Newcastle upon Tyne with Gateshead, once a poor and neglected neighbour but site of much recent development, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art [http://www.balticmill.com/] and, from December 2004, the Sage [described as a new home for music] giving it a remarkable place in the art world. [www.gateshead-quays.com/sage/] The Angel of the North really is a sign of hope, a controversial sculpture entirely pleasing from my own perspective.

There are many attractions in the county and those shown here are only a sample.