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Displays show importance of Wylam in the history of railway development and the work of famous local railway pioneers George Stephenson, Timothy Hackworth and William Hedley.

• Type: Museum
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Wylam
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1661 852174

Prudhoe Castle stands in a picturesque location, on a wooded hillside overlooking the River Tyne.

• Type: Castle/Fort
• Price: £3.50

• Place: Prudhoe
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1661 833459

A beautiful 13thC manor house with strong fortifications against Scottish raiders, Aydon Castle stands in a secluded woodland setting.

• Type: Castle/Fort
• Price: £3.50

• Place: Corbridge
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1434 632450

Small stone cottage built about 1750. Birthplace in 1781 of inventor George Stephenson. One room open to the public. Car park in Wylam village.

• Type: Historic House/Palace
• Price: £2.00

• Place: Wylam
• Tel Number: +44 (0)1661 853457

On a hilltop almost 300m above sea level, St Andrew’s was built in 1769 to a cruciform plan on the site of a medieval church, and remodelled in 1892. In the churchyard is a magnificent domed mausoleum built by Humphrey Hopper in 1752.

• Type: Church/Chapel
• Price: No prices available

• Place: Kiln Pit Hill
• Tel Number: +44 (0)20 7213 0660