Walk · Northumberland

Warkworth Castle, the Coquet and the Hermitage

Warkworth · NE65 0UJ

3MILES

1h 30mON FOOT

45mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 76% 24% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 54%Lane & track 22%Road with traffic 24%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Castle Terrace car park, below Warkworth Castle NE65 0UJ

Parking

Small pay-and-display below the castle plus limited free spaces around Dial Place; both fill early on summer weekends

Directions to the start →

Three flat miles in an hour and a half round the loop of the Coquet, from the castle gate down to the medieval bridge and upriver to the rock-cut Hermitage before returning on the Mill Walk. Park in the pay-and-display car park below Warkworth Castle on Castle Terrace, or use the free spaces on Dial Place if you are early. Dogs are welcome on leads in the castle grounds but not inside the keep, the riverside path is fenced from the water for most of its length, and the field section above the Hermitage is grazed.

THE SMALL PRINTEnglish Heritage allows dogs on leads in the grounds of Warkworth Castle but not inside the keep or the Hermitage boat crossing; the riverside and Mill Walk are unrestricted.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTHUMBERLAND

GRID · 55.3450, -1.6110

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.ENGLISH-HERITAGE.ORG.UK/VISIT/PLACES/WARKWORTH-CASTLE-AND-HERMITAGE/

Warkworth Castle, the Coquet and the Hermitage

House rules, decoded

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