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Sharp's Folly – Rothbury Village Centre loop from Brinkburn

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Brinkburn

Sharp's Folly – Rothbury Village Centre loop from Brinkburn

Hard

4.7

(3)

hikers

Sharp's Folly – Rothbury Village Centre loop from Brinkburn

05:28

19.8km

350m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 19, 2026

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Northumberland National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.68 km

Lee Plantation

Forest

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Heather Fields in Northumberland National Park

Highlight • Natural

Wonderful place for a walk especially when the heather is blooming.

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8.99 km

Lordenshaws Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Lovely car park with walks to simonside and the hillfort with the cup and ring marks.

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9.41 km

Lordenshaw Cup and Ring Marked Rock

Highlight • Historical Site

Lordenshaws is an Iron Age hillfort with Bronze Age burial mounds. Perhaps the most interesting thing here is the Cup and Ring marked rock. Created by our Neolithic and Early …

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9.69 km

Lordenshaws Iron Age Hillfort

Archaeological Site

11.7 km

Sharp's Folly

Highlight • Monument

Sharp's Folly is a 30-foot (9 m) high tower that was built in the 1720s by Archdeacon Sharpe, Rector of Rothbury. The folly was built to alleviate local unemployment, as …

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12.7 km

Cow Haugh Footbridge

Highlight • Bridge

"Haugh" is derived from the Old English word "halh," simply meaning a flat meadow or area by the river. There is a free carpark here, which floods, and a foot bridge into town.

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13.1 km

Rothbury Village Centre

Highlight • Settlement

Rothbury is a peaceful town in the heart of Northumberland. Close to the hills and the Northumberland Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it is an ideal base for explorations. …

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13.4 km

Rothbury Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Today popular with locals and visitors: Here you will find a huge shady picnic area right by the river, next to the bridge

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15.9 km

Northumberland Central Railway Path

Highlight • Trail

Walking down the old railway route and you can see where they blasted through the rock to make way for the track. There are bricks added to the wall also and old bridges.

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19.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.1 km

4.45 km

3.48 km

1.57 km

142 m

Surfaces

10.6 km

3.64 km

2.98 km

1.22 km

807 m

557 m

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Friday 8 May

9°C

3°C

64 %

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Sharp's Folly – Rothbury Village Centre loop from Brinkburn

Heather Fields in Northumberland National Park

Lordenshaws Car Park

Lordenshaw Cup and Ring Marked Rock

Sharp's Folly

Cow Haugh Footbridge

Rothbury Village Centre

Rothbury Bridge

Northumberland Central Railway Path

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