Fact File

Breamish Valley

Northumberland National Park was officially designated on the 6th April 1956 (The UK's first National Park, the Peak District, was designated in 1951)
The National Park covers an area of 1049km, or 405 square miles
Northumberland National Park Authority actually owns only 2.5 square km of the land in the National Park; private landowners, the Ministry of Defence and the Forestry Commission are the main landowners
Northumberland National Park is the least populated of all the National Parks in England and Wales with a population of around 2000 people. That's only 2 people per square km!
The highest point in the National Park is The Cheviot, at 815m

Northumberland National Park Authority cares for:

1100 km of paths for walking, cycling and horse-riding including two National Trails
259 listed buildings
432 scheduled ancient monuments
3,883 Historic Environment Records
31 Sites of Special Scientific Interest covering over 10,000 ha
6 Special Areas of Conservation
3 National Nature Reserves
A Ramsar (international site for the protection of birds)

It also looks after visitor information, facilities and services, many kilometres of dry stone wall boundaries and hundreds of signs, styles, car parks and picnic sites.

For more information on the other National Parks in the UK visit the