Nature at your own pace
Northumberland National Park: visits with limited mobility
Enjoy a little of Northumberland without having to plan a long countryside walk. Our guides focus on individual places, with practical details to help you decide whether a visit suits you.
Start with The Sill, or compare a village, valley, picnic or forest visit below. Each guide explains the facilities and access details to check before travelling.
A place to start
The Sill: a visit with limited mobility
Discover Northumberland through indoor exhibitions, a grassland roof walk and views of Hadrian’s Wall country.
Our guide brings together published information about parking, path surfaces, the roof gradient, toilets, picnic seating and refreshments, with clear notes on details that still need checking.
A little planning before you travel
Access varies from place to place. Check the destination guide for surfaces, slopes, distances, places to rest and facilities. We explain what published information confirms and where details still need checking.
Conditions and opening arrangements can change. If an unanswered detail could affect your visit, contact the place you plan to visit before setting off.
Ponds, picnic spots and surfaced paths
Walltown Country Park: a visit with limited mobility
Spend time beside the water, enjoy a picnic or explore the lower country park at your own pace.
Our guide covers published information about surfaced paths, picnic seating, toilets, seasonal refreshments and Tramper hire. It also explains why the lower park and the climb to Walltown Crags are different outings.
A picnic and a view
Cawfields: a picnic visit with limited mobility
Enjoy the quarry landscape with a picnic-focused visit, without planning the steep climb to the Roman wall.
Our guide covers published information about sheltered picnic facilities, toilets, Changing Places, parking and refreshments, with clear notes on access details that still need checking.
A shorter visit in the Breamish Valley
Ingram: a shorter visit with limited mobility
Make the café and archaeology exhibition your destination, with an optional separate picnic stop at Bulby’s Wood.
Our guide covers parking, entrance details, toilets and planning your visit. Older access measurements are clearly labelled, with questions to check before travelling.
Roman history in an upland landscape
Housesteads: planning a visit with limited mobility
Explore the possibilities for a museum-focused visit, with clear information about the steep approach and limited parking near the museum.
Our guide separates the step-free museum from the more difficult outdoor fort, and explains which arrival and facility arrangements to check before travelling.
Steel Rigg
Experience Hadrian’s Wall country at your own pace. A shorter visit from Steel Rigg car park may suit visitors who want to enjoy the landscape without taking on a longer crag walk.
Our guide explains the official easy-access listing, the details to check for your mobility needs, parking and how to plan a stop at The Sill for toilets and refreshments.
Plan your route carefully: the shorter approach and the demanding paths over the crags are different outings. The landscape photo shows the wider area, rather than a confirmed wheelchair route.
Explore Steel Rigg with limited mobility
A village stop in Upper Coquetdale
Alwinton and Upper Coquetdale
Enjoy a small village surrounded by hill country, with the option of a refreshment stop rather than a longer countryside walk.
Our guide covers parking, the listed toilets, the village inn and the access details to check before travelling. The longer River Alwin walk is explained separately.
Village history and woodland
Harbottle
Plan a village stop, discover the setting of the castle and consider the woodland separately. The guide explains parking choices, The Star Inn and the access details that still need checking.
Includes photographs, a video and practical information for planning a visit with limited mobility.
Village life and seasonal meadows
Greenhaugh
Discover Greenhaugh and the Tarset countryside, with an official hay meadow film and practical checks for parking, refreshments and meadow paths.
Includes photographs, a video and practical information for planning a visit with limited mobility.
A quieter part of the Cheviots
Hethpool and College Valley
Plan a visit to Hethpool and College Valley with clear information about vehicle permits, the wider landscape and the facilities to confirm before travelling.
Includes photographs, a video and practical information for planning a visit with limited mobility.
Forest atmosphere beneath the ridge
Simonside
Consider a forest or picnic visit beneath Simonside, with clear distinctions between the one mile loop, the picnic area and the more demanding ridge walks.
Includes photographs, a video and practical information for planning a visit with limited mobility.