Cheviot Hills

Cheviot Hills

A wild, rolling range straddling the Scottish border, with The Cheviot itself rising to 815 metres - some of the most rewarding, big-sky walking country in Northumberland.

Address:

Wooler, NE71 6TS

Hours:

Always open

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Good to Know

The Cheviot Hills are a wild, rolling range straddling the border between England and Scotland, within the Northumberland National Park. The highest point, The Cheviot, rises to 815 metres, and the Pennine Way crosses the range on its final stretch to Kirk Yetholm.

Why it's on our list: it's some of the most remote and rewarding walking country in England, with huge skies, quiet valleys like the College Valley and Harthope Valley, and a real sense of space.

Worth knowing: the tops are exposed and boggy, and the weather can change quickly, so go well prepared with a map and proper kit. Wooler makes the ideal base, and Wooler Common is a gentler place to start.

A Little Note From Heather & Sand

We haven't quite made it here ourselves yet, but it's on our list!

We're working our way around Northumberland, personally visiting and reviewing as many of the places featured in our Listed section as we can. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

In the meantime, we do our homework. Before adding somewhere to Heather & Sand, we research it, look at what other visitors have to say and check that it has a good reputation. If the feedback isn't encouraging, it generally doesn't make our list.

Of course, a little online research is no substitute for muddy boots, a decent coffee and seeing somewhere for ourselves. So until we've visited, we'll leave the personal review to one side.

A little about us...

Heather & Sand is our little corner of Northumberland — a collection of places, stories, walks and discoveries from a county we love.

Through our Journal, Guide and Listed pages, we hope to help you discover somewhere new, revisit an old favourite or simply enjoy a little Northumberland from wherever you happen to be.

Tom, Lucy & the Heather & Sand crew.

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