The Insider’s Guide to Northumberland – the UK’s Most Overlooked National Park

If you were to ask a child to design a place with an empty landscape, big skies, hills and rivers, dotted with picturesque villages and an extinct volcano, they would end up with something that looks a lot like Northumberland National Park. Of the 13 national parks in England and Wales, Northumberland is the most … Read more

Who cut down the Sycamore Gap tree? Everything we know

The Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall before it was deliberately cut down. (FATHER) What is going on? The Sycamore Gap tree, which was illegally felled last year, will be put on public display. Northumberland National Park said it had received around 2,000 ‘heartfelt’ messages from around the world expressing their sadness after the famous … Read more