Wooler
Wooler is a small, stone-built town on the edge of the Northumberland National Park and at the foot of the Cheviot Hills. It is one of the main towns along the popular long-distance footpath of St Cuthbert's Way, which runs between Melrose in the Scottish borders and Holy Island. Wooler’s previous prosperity was based on the wool from the local Cheviot sheep, which are farmed on the hills, but nothing of the wool industry now remains in the town. It is now a quiet market town and a good centre for walking, cycling and horse riding. The Tourist Information Centre has many suggested routes to follow. The area around Wooler is known locally as Glendale, and Wooler was the centre of the rural district of Glendale until as recently as 1974. The Glendale Show is a major agricultural show that takes place just outside the town on August Bank Holiday Monday. Glendale was the inspiration for the children's story Postman Pat and his fictional village of Greendale. Author John Cuncliffe ran the Wooler mobile library service for a year in the early 1950s.
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