England · National park
Northumberland National Park
The emptiest national park in England: the Cheviots, Hadrian's Wall, Kielder's dark skies and almost nobody else.
Northumberland is the national park people haven't got round to. Hadrian's Wall runs along its southern edge, the Cheviots fill its north, and between them are moors, forests and valleys with a population density lower than almost anywhere in England. It is the darkest sky in the country and the quietest walking.
Wooler and Rothbury serve the Cheviots, Hexham and Haltwhistle the Wall. The Pennine Way finishes here, over the Cheviot to Kirk Yetholm.
- Highest point
- The Cheviot, 815 m
- Area
- 1,049 km²
- Designated
- 1956
- Walks mapped
- 12
- TRXO regions
- Newcastle & Northumberland
12 walks
