What is good?: Place: Northumberland

Reasons I think Northumberland is good:

- Its my home time

- My whole family lives there

- So many childhood memories there

- It's so beautiful

- There's so much to do!

- The Geordie accent!

- The amazing coastline

- There is so much unspoilt countryside

- The weather is beautifully unpredictable

- It brings back a lot of good memories

- It' s the place I most feel at home

- I get to have Nanna's chicken ala king!

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Facts about Northumberland:

- Its the home of greggs

- Its the home of pea's pudding!

- It's in the North East

- It's about 30 minutes from the centre of Newcastle

- Northumberland is on the border on England and Scotland and has seen many battles.

- Northumberland is protected as a national park

- Northumberland is the most sparsely populated county in England, with only 62 people per square kilometre.

- The area was once part of the Roman Empire

- Northumberland has more castles than any other county

- Northumberland played a key role in the industrial revolution. Coal mines were once widespread in Northumberland, with collieries at Ashington, Bedlington, Choppington, Netherton, Ellington and Pegswood.

- The physical geography of Northumberland is diverse. It is low and flat near theNorth Sea coast and increasingly mountainous toward the northwest.

- There are coal fields in the southeast corner of the county, extending along the coastal region north of the river Tyne. The term 'sea coal' likely originated from chunks of coal, found washed up on beaches, that wave action had broken from coastal outcroppings.

- Being in the far north of England, above 55° latitude, and having many areas of high land, Northumberland is one of the coldest areas of the country. It has an average annual temperature of 7.1 to 9.3 °C, with the coldest temperatures inland.

- the county lies on the east coast, and has relatively low rainfall, between 466 and 1060 mm annually, mostly falling in the west on the high land.

- Northumberland has its own flag, which is a banner of the arms of Northumberland County Council.

- Ashington was the birth place of the three famous footballers Bobby and Jack Charlton in 1937 and 1935 respectively; and Jackie Milburn previously in 1924. The basketballer Alan Hoyle was born here in 1983 whilst in 1978 Steve Harmison, an international cricketer was born here.

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Words relating to Northumberland:

- Coastline

- Scenic

- Ashington

- Birth place

- Geordie

- Cold

- Sea

- Newcastle

- National Park

- Beautiful

- Family

- Historic

- Castles

- Battles

- Farmland

- Countryside

- Unspolit

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Opinions about Northumberland:

Questions and answers posted on Yahoo Answers

" Where can we go in Northumberland?"

" How about combining Bamburgh Castle and the Farne Islands. The Castle has probably the finest collection of Armour anywhere and the islands have some great wildlife to view. Only possible problem is that the islands can only be reached at low tide so you will need to check for access."

" I live in Gateshead and there is just Metro Centre and Newcastle City Centre so I think the best place is probably the beach - maybe Whiitley Bay cause everywhere good is shopping places so beach is all I can think of!"

"Whats the difference between Northumbria and Northumberland?"

" Northumbria is primarily the name of a historic petty kingdom of Angles in Medieval England , and the earldom which succeeded it in when England became a United Kingdom . The name reflects that of the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory: the Humber estuary.

Northumberland is a county in the North East of England . The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of North Sea coastline. Since 1974 the county council has been located in Morpeth. "

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Images of Northumberland:

All Primary images of me out and about in Northumberland over the years!