Holy Island - St Aidan's statue	Heavenfield & St Oswald's Church

Starting on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne the way follows a part of the Northumberland Coastal Path south to Warkworth before heading inland along the line of the Coquet River to Rothbury then south to Hadrian's Wall. It finishes at Heavenfield, close to Chollerford, the battlefield of King Oswald's victory over King Penda of Mercia and Caedwalla of Wales.

The base map used on this website image have been produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-Map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

Generally walked in six sections, three of which are predominantly coastal, this route provides generally easy walking over changing and attractive countryside. Enjoy the dramatic Northumberland Coast, the southern corner of the Cheviots and the rising hills of Hadian's countryside.

This website is subject to ongoing expansion over the early months of 2008 and already forms yet another long distance walking route portal managed by I-Net Support and supported by Walking Support - quality provides to the long distance walker.

Throughout the website expansion period we would be happy to receive enquires and requests for assistance from any person or group wanting to walk this new route. Simply click here and detail you request to Walking Support.

As with several of our long distance portal websites we cannot claim any responsibility for the concept and development of the walking route, this route having been subject of support from local councils in Alnwick, Berwick, Morpeth and Tyndale along with support from the Leader + project , EU, Defra, One NE and Northumberland Strategic Partnership.