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Bustling, historic Morpeth is the main town in Northumberland, it combines traditional market town-charm with stylish highstreets, modern shopping centres and upscale bars. Quaint, cobbled streets, quirky farmers’ markets and classic general markets give the town an irresistible antiquity and showcase its unique heritage and beauty.

Wondering what to do in Morpeth? For a luxury high street experience mixed with toe-tapping live music and monthly events, head to Sanderson Arcade where you can shop 'til you drop. Morpeth town has an eclectic mix of shops with even more along Bridge Street and Newgate Street. Time your visit with the first Saturday of the month and take a traditional shopping trip through Morpeth’s Farmers’ Market. Pick up local produce, including fresh pies or homemade pickles that are perfect for your picnic basket, as well as artisan breads, cheeses, and fruit chutneys.

Wander the woodland paths of colourful Carlisle Park, where romantic river rowing on the River Wansbeck, a round of tennis and excellent events can all be enjoyed. Enjoy fun for all the family at the paddling pool, play area and aviary. The William Turner Garden in Carlisle Park dedicated to 'The Father of English Botany’, is an idyllic, peaceful plot to admire flourishing fauna. A statue to suffragette Emily Davison sits proudly in Carlisle Park and you can visit her grave at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, south of the River Wansbeck.

Whitehouse Farm Centre south of Morpeth offers a fun family day out where you can enjoy activities such as bottle feeding lambs, tractor rides and meeting lots of small animals.

Did you know that Northumberland has its own musical instrument, the Northumbrian Pipes? Discover more about this unusual instrument at Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum, a striking 13th Century Grade 1 listed building hosting a collection of over 120 sets of pipes from across Europe. Morpeth Chantry also hosts a tourist information centre and sells a range of Northumbrian gifts and produce.

Whether you fancy traditional British food made with Northumbrian produce, Greek, Italian or Indian you'll be spoilt for choice in Morpeth for places to eat and drink.

Fancy leaving the car at home? Travel on the East Coast Line with trains from Edinburgh and London stops at Morpeth train station. From the train station it is a half mile walk into the town centre. On your walk you'll cross over the River Wansbeck, past the Morpeth Chantry onto Bridge Street which is the main shopping area of the town centre. Morpeth clock tower stands proudly at the end of Bridge Street which then merges onto Oldgate. Arriva run a number of bus services in and around Morpeth, so you can discover all of the nearby attractions and hidden gems that the area has to offer. If you are driving there are car parks at Newmarket Street and Stanley Terrace.

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Other towns and Villages Near Morpeth

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Cresswell
Druridge Bay is a five mile sweep of golden sands on the Northumberland coast where even on the sunniest Bank Holiday the beach remains uncrowded. So ...
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Elsdon
Situated about 20 miles west of Morpeth, anyone visiting the village of Elsdon now would be surprised to learn that it was once the capital of Redesda...
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Hartburn
Hartburn - where the deer still come down to the stream. The village is picturesquely situated above the river Hart and its wooded ravines, about ten ...
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Hebron
The small, quiet village of Hebron (or Hebburn) lies at the junction of the road from Ulgham with a minor road from the A1 leading to Longhirst villag...
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Linton
Most people think of a pit village as a dirty, depressed, horrible place to live, but not so. Linton was in the past a small 'model' mining village, n...
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Longhirst
Longhirst stands on the Bothal burn on the roads from Morpeth to Newbiggin, Cresswell and Warkworth. The whole township contains about 1,500 acres. An...
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Longhorsley, 
Longhorsley, population 500, straddles one of the main roads to Scotland and the north, the A697 about eight miles from Morpeth. Once purely a rural v...
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Middleton, Milbourne, Nedderton, Pegswood, Rochester, Stannington, Stobhill, Ulgham, Whalton, Widdrington, Wingates
Middleton lies in the Wansbeck valley, in the heart of rural Northumberland to the west of Morpeth. Down the hill and under the bridge is where the ra...
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Nedderton, 
Nedderton is a small village of approximately 80 houses in the district of Bedlingtonshire. It is a mile and a half west of Bedlington on the B1331 ro...
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Pegswood,
In the 18th century, Pegswood, just outside Morpeth, was known as Pegsworthe and consisted of ten cottages and one inn. Most of the original cottages ...
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Rochester, 
Ro(w)chester, not to be confused with Rochester in Kent where the mail goes if it is not correctly addressed, is in Upper Redesdale, about ten miles s...
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Stobhill, 
Morpeth is a well known ancient Market town with a long and rather turbulent history. On its fringe is Stobhill, mentioned on old maps as the Stobb Hi...
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Ulgham, 
Situated about six miles north of Morpeth, Ulgham is a village combining old with new. The church of St John the Baptist stands at the top of a steep ...
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Whalton, 
According to the History, Directory and Gazetteer of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland printed in 1828, Whalton was 'one of the neatest and cl...
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Widdrington,
One of the earliest references to Widdrington, about ten miles northeast of Morpeth, concerns the castle, built in 1341 by Gerard de Widdrington (the ...
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Wingates
Wingates is a tiny village, a hamlet really, consisting of 15 houses, a post box and a public telephone. The village stands on a hill, about ten miles...​

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