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This walk is directly from the <a href="http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/northumberland/hexham/bellingham" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bellingham Campsite</a> and through the Bellingham village. It takes you over fields to woodland with an ancient Romano-British settlement.
You then return via a path next to the river and back to the Bellingham village.

Note that in the latter parts of the walk there is some walking alongside a road that doesn't have much of a grass verge.

Get the detailed route description from the Camping and Caravanning Club's campsite reception in Bellingham.

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This walk is directly from the <a href="http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/northumberland/hexham/bellingham" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bellingham Campsite</a> and through the Bellingham village. It takes you over fields to woodland with an ancient Romano-British settlement.
You then return via a path next to the river and back to the Bellingham village.

Note that in the latter parts of the walk there is some walking alongside a road that doesn't have much of a grass verge.

Get the detailed route description from the Camping and Caravanning Club's campsite reception in Bellingham.

<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-74974" src="https://www.getoutwiththekids.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/formidable/59/Dads-map-Hike.jpg" alt="Map from Campsite" width="2100" height="1396" />

The Riding Wood Walk from Bellingham

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Photo of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland by Matt Buck (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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This is a route provided to us by the site managers when we stayed at the <a href="http://www.campingandcaravanningclub.co.uk/campsites/uk/northumberland/hexham/bellingham" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bellingham Camping and Caravanning Club campsite</a>. 
You'll need a couple of hours to do this walk but it should be easily achievable by most families.

You start off at the campsite and then head down to the village of Bellingham, walking alongside the North Tyne river for a while, before cutting through the village and then starting the walk proper.
The walk takes you through a forest. Some of it is paved, but other parts are very muddy if it has been wet. 
You pass a few small waterfalls on the way up the valley, but eventually, you will reach the waterfall, which is quite impressive and not the usual thing you see at the end of the forest walk.

Hareshaw Linn Falls

We were surprised at just how little of Hadrian's Wall still remains. 
Though there are visitor's centres, here's a piece of wall that you can still see, along with the remains of a turret. 
No admission fee is required. You just park in the layby.

Brunton Turret - Hadrian's Wall

While exploring the Northumberland National Park as part of the <Link href="/caravan-challenge/">#5CChallenge</Link>, we went off to visit Kielder Water and Forest Park. A place that has been on our to-do list for some time.

There are a number of cycling routes around the park. So we headed off to Kielder Castle to one of the bike hire places.

Unfortunately, we only had time to hire the bikes for a few hours, but the chap at the hire shop said that wouldn't be a problem, and recommended this route. 

It takes you over the old train viaduct and along the North Shore of Kielder Water.

Although there are a few steep sections, the track is good and family-friendly. 

The route took us past some great views and also to an interesting head sculpture in the forest. 

Just past the head, was the viewpoint. The recommended last point on our route as it would take us too long to get back if we went further and the hire shop advised us that after this point, the hills get a little bit too steep for children. 

This was a great cycling route, which is off the roads for the most part. Recommended if you are visiting Kielder Water and Forest Park.

While exploring the Northumberland National Park as part of the <a href="https://www.getoutwiththekids.co.uk/caravan-challenge/">#5CChallenge</a>, we went off to visit Kielder Water and Forest Park. A place that has been on our to-do list for some time.

There are a number of cycling routes around the park. So we headed off to Kielder Castle to one of the bike hire places.

Unfortunately, we only had time to hire the bikes for a few hours, but the chap at the hire shop said that wouldn't be a problem, and recommended this route. 

It takes you over the old train viaduct and along the North Shore of Kielder Water.

Although there are a few steep sections, the track is good and family-friendly. 

The route took us past some great views and also to an interesting head sculpture in the forest. 

Just past the head, was the viewpoint. The recommended last point on our route as it would take us too long to get back if we went further and the hire shop advised us that after this point, the hills get a little bit too steep for children. 

This was a great cycling route, which is off the roads for the most part. Recommended if you are visiting Kielder Water and Forest Park.

A bike ride on the North Shore of Kielder Water

Fly through the air over the beautiful Northumberland countryside on a 160-metre zip wire.

At Go Ape in Northumberland, their famous Tree Top Challenge spans 755 metres, 11 metres up, and has 38 treetop crossings – with the longest being 16 metres.

When you’re not up in the tree’s there are 300 acres of parkland to explore, so a great place for an entire day out.

Go Ape at Maften Hall, Northumberland

This is the summit of Glendhu Hill, which is part of the Cumbria and Northumberland 3 Peaks Hiking Challenge

Glendhu Hill

This is the summit of Windy Gyle, which is part of the Northumberland and Scottish Borders 3 Peaks Hiking Challenge

Windy Gyle

This is the summit of Hard Rigg, which is part of the Cumbria and Northumberland 3 Peaks Hiking Challenge

Hard Rigg

This is the summit of Currock Hill East Top, which is part of the Gateshead 3 Peaks Hiking Challenge.

Currock Hill East Top - Gateshead 3 Peaks Hiking Challenge

This is the summit of Great Blacklaw Hill, which is part of the Cumbria and Northumberland 3 Peaks Hiking Challenge

Great Blacklaw Hill

This is the summit of Cairn Hill West Top (Hangingstone Hill), which is part of the Northumberland and Scottish Borders 3 Peaks Hiking Challenge

The Riding Wood Walk from Bellingham

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