Wooler Common
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Wooler Common

A peaceful National Trust common on the edge of the Cheviots, with gentle woodland and pond walks, red squirrels if you're lucky, and sweeping views from Humbleton Hill.

Address:

Wooler, NE71 6RJ

Hours:

Always open

Map

Good to Know

Wooler Common is an area of open woodland, ponds and rough grassland on the edge of Wooler, at the foot of the Cheviots. Waymarked paths lead through the woods and up to Humbleton Hill, crowned by an Iron Age hillfort and close to the site of the Battle of Homildon Hill in 1402.

Why it's on our list: it's an easy, peaceful walk straight from town, with a chance of red squirrels, and the views from Humbleton Hill across the Milfield Plain are superb.

Worth knowing: there's a car park and picnic area. It's a gentle introduction to the bigger walks in the Cheviot Hills.

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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