England - Northeast Coast Attractions

Rothbury - Cragside House, Garden and Estate Cragside is a Victorian estate and mansion. From its vantage point visitors are afforded spectacular views of a picturesque valley. Spread out around its half-timbered walls and battlements is a splendid garden rich in rhododendrons.

Within the house are excellent examples of paintings, furniture and stained glass. The most notable room in the house is the drawing room, slightly detached from the rest of the house and hewed out from the very rock that forms the foundation of the house.

The 1000-acre grounds include man-made lakes, millions of trees and shrubs, a walled garden, an orchard house, ferneries, an Italian garden and hundreds of rose bushes.

Otterburn Otterburn was the site of the battle of 1388 in which the English were defeated by the Scots. It is located on the A696, northwest of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There are several notable buildings in Otterburn such as Otterburn Hall from 1869 and Otterburn Tower, dating back to 1254.

Wallington Wallington, located in Cambo, is a National Trust property. Many generations of the Blackett and Trevelyan families have lived here and each generation has left its mark in the interior design and architecture over the centuries.

The house is set amidst 100 acres of terraces, lakes, lawns and woodland. The walled garden has a variety of climbers and there is a conservatory with a variety of fuschsias.