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The Reivers Way

AuthorPaddy Dillon
PublisherCicerone Press
ISBNISBN-13: 978 1 85284 498 1
Also available in eBook and Kindle formats
Price£10.00
Easy walking beside the River Allen on the way from Allen Banks to Bardon Mill.

Easy walking beside the River Allen on the way from Allen Banks to Bardon Mill.

Walkers pass through the Cheviot Hills on their way to the remote farm at Uswayford.

Walkers pass through the Cheviot Hills on their way to the remote farm at Uswayford.

Dunstanburgh Castle is a popular visitor attraction on the Northumberland coast.

Dunstanburgh Castle is a popular visitor attraction on the Northumberland coast.

The Reivers Way is a long-distance walking route almost encircling Northumberland, leading walkers to most of its most scenic walking areas. It is a celebration of the countryside once inhabited by famous saints such as Aidan and Cuthbert, along with notorious Border 'reivers', who survived centuries of warfare and strife by engaging in cattle-rustling.

James Roberts wrote the original Reivers Way guidebook for Cicerone. Following his death, the book needed a complete overhaul to be re-published in full colour. The route was walked in summer and winter, and a number of alternative options were checked. The new guide shows the route highlighted on OS Landranger mapping.

The Reivers Way starts in the North Pennines, samples a stretch of Hadrian's Wall, then passes in and out of the Northumberland National Park. The countryside is sparsely-settled, with extensive areas of moorland and forest. After crossing the broad and bleak Cheviot Hills, the route heads for the scenic Northumberland Coast.

Walkers who follow the route in the summer months can make a diversion to the Farne Islands, where thousands of birds amass in huge breeding colonies.

Walk Contents

Day 1 Corbridge to Allendale Town
Day 2 Allendale Town to Bardon Mill
Day 3 Bardon Mill to Wark
Day 4 Wark to Elsdon
Day 5 Elsdon to Rothbury via the Moors
Day 5 Alternative - Elsdon to Rothbury via the Forests
Day 6 Rothbury to Uswayford
Day 7 Uswayford to Wooler via The Cheviot
Day 7 Alternative - Uswayford to Wooler via Linhope
Day 8 Wooler to Bamburgh via Belford
Day 8 Alternative - Wooler to Bamburgh via Chillingham
Day 9 Bamburgh to Alnmouth