Thrunton

About Thrunton

How to get there:

Thrunton is part of Rothbury. Thrunton Village and Rothbury are the nearest towns or villages.

By Public Transport

There is no bus servioce to Thrunton Wood. However, a service runs every two hours from Alnwick to Wooler(number 473, IDM Travel) that stops in Whittingham, approximetly 1.5 miles (2km) north of the wood. Access to the wood is on foot via 'Whittingham Lane'

By Car

Thrunton is signposted from the A697, Newcastle to Coldstream road.

OS Grid Reference: NU 085 097
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

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Contact:

Kielder Castle

01434 250209
e-mail: kieldercastle@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

User Comments

Name: Stew ()
14/Sep/2009

Good for mountainbiking :)

Name: Dave ()
3/Sep/2009

A fabulous walking area. Real variety as you wander through woodland to Castle Hill with it strange evocation of the past, on to scramble into McCartney's cave, then out on to open moorland and the great views from long crag (there's also a lovely tarn to seek out). Wildlife is prolific, regular sightings of roe deer at all times of the day, adders, a plethoa of birds, red squirrels and (I can't explain why but these are a particular favourite) steely blue millipedes at the cairn on open moorland. Thrunton is a great day out.

Name: Anonymous ()
19/Aug/2009

took my husband on a picnic, we saw butterflies, a small lizard, the biggest draggonflies,a frog, a dear aswell as all the all the birds and insects.... thans no more couch potatos for us two.

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