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Holiday Cottages in Northumbria
Enjoy a self catering cottage holiday in North
East England
Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, Tyne & Wear, Hadrian's
Wall
A holiday cottage in the Northumbria is like
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Holiday Cottages in
Northumbria - Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, Tyne & Wear, Hadrian's
Wall
Covering an area of
some 1,942 square miles Northumberland has a population of 310,000 and
is England’s northernmost county. Among the phyiscal features
Northumberland has to offer are the Cheviot Hills, the rivers Tweed and upper
Tyne, Northumberland National Park, Holy Island and part of Hadrian's Wall. Its
border butts against the Scottish Lowlands, and the land can be empty and
lonely, even bleak, much of it heathery heights and stoney hills. Against the
northern barrier the land softens suddenly and gives way to the undulating
Borders of Scotland.
Tyne and Wear is centred on the cities of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland.A relatively small county, covering just 224
square miles, it is dominated by the river Tees and the North Sea.
A relatively small county, covering just 224 square miles,
Cleveland is dominated by the river Tees and the North Sea. The county
boasts Europe's largest steel complex (at Redcar) and chemical site, which
relies on the locally available potash and gas. Unsurprisingly the most
commercial of activities in Cleveland are steel working and chemical
production.
The county of Durham lies on one of Britain's
richest coalfields and was once mined extensively. Fine fishing along the
fast-flowing rivers and at reservoirs at Balderhead, Burnhope, Selset,
Weskerley and Tunstall. A hilly, sea-facing county, compact yet rugged, and
ranged around its castled capital, Durham. The county lies between two great
rivers, the Tyne and the Tees,and extends inland to Yorkshire and east to the
sea. Along its eastern coast industrial towns often of ancient origin and sandy
shores face the grey North Sea. Many high cliffs and islands dot the coastline
and Beacon Hill, owned by the National Trust, is the highest point on the
Durham coast. Inland the county smoothes into the long, straggling valley of
the Tees with extensive stone-walled fields, and wide moors above.
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