Group Travel and Travel Trade in Northumberland

Group Ready

From Bamburgh Castle to Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland gives groups room to explore and a warm welcome at every stop. We're here to help you plan with confidence.

Welcome to Experience Northumberland

Experience Northumberland is Visit Northumberland's dedicated home for the travel trade. Whether you're a tour operator, coach company or group travel organiser, we're here to help you build programmes your groups will talk about long after they've gone home.

There's plenty to work with. Groups can follow the line of Hadrian's Wall to its Roman forts, cross the causeway to Holy Island, or explore a coast lined with castles and quaint fishing villages. Inland, Northumberland National Park, Kielder and our market towns offer space to slow down, with local food, celebrated gardens and some of the darkest skies in England.

Group Accommodation

From country house hotels to self-catering estates, find places to stay across Northumberland that are ready for groups, whether you're bringing a full coach party or a small touring group.

Group Travel Attractions

Coastal castles, Roman forts on Hadrian's Wall, celebrated gardens and historic houses: discover the attractions across Northumberland that welcome groups.

Tour Guides for Groups

Bring the stories behind our castles, Roman forts and border history to life with a qualified local guide, including Blue Badge Tourist Guides who know Northumberland inside out.

Group Travel Towns

Plan coach visits to Northumberland's market towns and coastal villages with our town guides, packed with practical information for group organisers.

How we can help you

Our travel trade team knows Northumberland inside out and is ready to help you plan, whether it's your first group visit or your fiftieth.

Itinerary ideas to inspire your next programme
Ideas, suggestions and supplier introductions for familiarisation visits
The latest news, events and what's new across the county
Introductions to attractions, accommodation and guides keen to work with the travel trade
Access to our library of images for your brochures and marketing

Get in touch with the team at [email protected].

Experience Northumberland

Download our travel trade brochure

Everything you need to start planning a group visit, from our five areas to journey times and how our team can help.

Download the brochure (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Where to take your group

Alnwick & Mid Northumberland

Northumberland Coast

Northumberland National Park

Kielder

Hadrian's Wall & North Pennines

Getting to Northumberland

Northumberland is easy to reach by rail and road from across the UK, with Newcastle and Edinburgh airports close by. Here are approximate journey times to the nearest point of the county to help you plan.

For more on travelling here, see our getting to Northumberland guide.

By rail

Newcastle: 10 minutes
Carlisle: 20 minutes
Edinburgh: 40 minutes
Glasgow: 1 hour
Manchester: 2½ hours
London: 3 hours
Birmingham: 3½ hours
Liverpool: 3½ hours

By road

Newcastle: 15 minutes
Carlisle: 30 minutes
Edinburgh: 1 hour
Glasgow: 1¾ hours
Manchester: 3¾ hours
Liverpool: 3¾ hours
Birmingham: 4 hours
London: 5¼ hours

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