The Alnwick end of the route is near to Weavers’ Court Extra Care Scheme, Swordy Drive, Alnwick NE66 1SZ; this building is home to a canny little cafe within if you’d like a tea, coffee, piece of cake, or hot food before or after your walk! To reach the Borderline Greenway, walk along the footpathContinue reading “Quick guide to the Borderline Greenway in Alnwick”
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Exploring the Borderline Greenway, Alnwick 30.3.25
Yesterday (29.3.25) at 11am, the long awaited Borderline Greenway, which runs along a currently short section of the former Alnwick and Cornhill Railway finally officially opened to the public. Click here to view The Chronicle coverage of the opening event. The railway on this stretch opened in 1887 for traffic as a through route fromContinue reading “Exploring the Borderline Greenway, Alnwick 30.3.25”
Achtung! Achtung! Walking the Northumberland Coast Loop: Morpeth Railway Station to Morpeth North Junction
To borrow the phrase often used on the ‘We have ways of making you talk’ a WW2 podcast by comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland, let us ‘walk the ground’ of Northumberland Coast Loop for the short section between Pegswood and Bedlington that, so far, is not used regularly for passenger trains. This routeContinue reading “Achtung! Achtung! Walking the Northumberland Coast Loop: Morpeth Railway Station to Morpeth North Junction”
The Northumberland Coast Loop 