Walking and Hiking Trips to Kielder Forest

Tucked away at the top of Northumberland, close to the Scottish Border and Hadrian's Wall, beautiful Kielder Water is the largest man-made lake in Europe. Kielder Forest, one of Britain's biggest nature resorts, is home to red squirrels, deer and rare birds.

The lake fringes and forest glades can best be explored by walking, cycling or on horseback, and there are many self-guided trails. Activities for all the family, a variety of accommodation, easy accessibility and closeness to villages and Northumberland National Park are among the many attractions, making Kielder ideal for holidays or leisure pursuits, including fishing, boating, riding and watersports.

This rich and varied landscape reflects the mood of Northumbria: a wild and romantic place to savour, a place to recharge the spirit.

There is a great selection of walks of varying distances, from easy to strenuous, around Kielder Water, Bakethin Reservoir and in Kielder Forest. The combination of water and forest creates a spectacular environment for walking and there are starting points all around the 27 mile shoreline. Savour the forest and lake vistas; enjoy the Keepsake brass rubbing trail on the picturesque Bull Crag peninsula, or discover some of the area's turbulent border history on the Reivers walk in the forest

Contact Burnside Coaches to go Kielder Forest

Visit the site at: www.kielder.org