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Northumberland is a county in North East England. The northernmost county of England, it borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham and Tyne and Wear to the south and the Scottish Borders to the north. To the east is the North Sea coastline with a 64-mile-long-distance path. The county town is Alnwick, although the county council is in Morpeth.The county of Northumberland included Newcastle upon Tyne until 1400, when the city became a county of itself. Northumberland expanded greatly in the Tudor period, annexing Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1482, Tynedale in 1495, Tynemouth in 1536, Redesdale around 1542 and Hexhamshire in 1572. Islandshire, Bedlingtonshire ...
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  • 1. Hauxley Nature Reserve - Northumberland Wildlife Trust Amble
    Low Hauxley is a small village in Northumberland, in the former Alnwick district, less than 1 mile from Amble and around 27 miles from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is combined with High Hauxley to make the civil parish of Hauxley. Near the village is an important archaeological site, with an early Bronze Age cemetery as well as Mesolithic and Iron Age remains, but with much erosion. A major rescue dig was mounted for 13 weeks, between June and September 2013. Results were broadcast on Channel 4's Time Team special on 2 March 2014. According to a Hauxley parish council information board, flint tools dating to around 6500 BC have been found in local fields sand dunes and burial sites but later material may have been destroyed by mining. Hauxley Nature Reserve, originally part of Radcliffe open-ca...
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  • 4. Newbiggin Maritime Centre Newbiggin By The Sea
    Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is a small town in Northumberland, England, on the North Sea coast. Once an important port for shipping grain and a coal mining town, it is still a small fishing port making use of traditional coble boats.
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