Corbridge is a pretty village, once a market town, that lies four miles east of Hexham on the banks of the River Tyne.
Today it has a reputation for excellent shopping with various fashion boutiques lining the main shopping street. There's also an old-fashioned kitchen-ware shop and a host of cafes, restaurants and pubs.
The centrepiece of the village is its square and St Andrew's church, dating from Saxon times, which supports a busy parish community.
The town has a rich Roman heritage - the invaders regarded Corbridge as strategically important since it served as a garrison town for the central section of Hadrian's Wall and was also a Tyne crossing place.
You can see the remains of the Roman version of Corbridge, which they called Corstopitum, at the Roman Site which is now on the outskirts of the village.
The extensively excavated remains include a fountain house with an aqueduct, a pair of granaries, and walled military compounds containing barracks, temples, houses and a headquarters building with a below ground strongroom.
You can even walk on the original Stanegate Roman road, which predated Hadrian's Wall and passes through the centre of the site.
Corbridge continued to grow in importance after the Roman occupation ended.
In the thirteenth century Corbridge was second only to Newcastle in wealth and its citizens were heavily taxed to help pay for Edward I's Scottish wars.
Corbridge has its own railway station on the Tyne Valley line and is a short distance from the A69 and A68 trunk roads.
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