•     Introduction
•     Amble to Felton
  •     Coquet Mouth
  •     Warkworth New Bridge
  •     Warkworth Old Bridge
  •     Black Bridge, Warkworth
  •     Acklington Railway Viaduct
  •     Acklington Park Bridge (Guyzance)
  •     Felton New Bridge
  •     Felton Old Bridge
  •     Felton A1 Bridge
•     Felton To Rothbury
  •     Catheugh Bridge
  •     Weldon A697 Bridge
  •     Weldon Bridge
  •     Brinkburn Footbridge
  •     Pauperhaugh Bridge
  •     Rothbury Stepping Stones
  •     Rothbury Bridge
  •     Rothbury Footbridge
  •     Rothbury Golf Club Bridge
  •     Lady's Bridge
•     Rothbury to Alwinton
  •     Thropton Footbridge
  •     Caistron Bridge
  •     Hepple Bridge
  •     Holystone Footbridge
  •     Sharperton Bridge
  •     Harbottle Footbridge
  •     Alwinton Bridge
•     Alwinton to   Coquet  Source
  •     Linshiels Bridge
  •     Linbriggs Bridge
  •     Shillmoor Bridge
  •     Bygate Hall Bridge
  •      Wedder Leap Footbridge
  •     Barrowburn Bridge
  •     Carshope Bridge
  •     Carlcroft Footbridge
  •     Carlcroft Bridge
  •     Blindburn Bridge
  •     Buckham's Bridge
  •     Makendon Bridge
  •     Chew Green Bridge
  •     Coquet Source
•     Former Bridges and   Fords
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the   Derwent
•     Bridges on the Tees
•     Bridges on the   Wansbeck
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln
•     Bridges on the Wear
•     Bridges on the Tweed

ROTHBURY TO ALWINTON

"Here at Alwinton is the last inn in England, the Rose and Thistle. there is no other until you are well into Scotland."

Footpath Guides, No 67. Heart Of Northumberland. Jasper Salwey. 1949.

Upper Coquetdale really begins after leaving the small market town of Rothbury. Moving west a series of lazy meanders take the Coquet past Thropton, a pleasant village, and Hepple, before turning north-west towards Holystone, Sharperton and Harbottle to eventually reach the small village of Alwinton at the foot of the Cheviot Hills.

The hills are never far away, but the valley seems wide, the settlements becoming smaller as you move upstream. The other small villages do not seem so isolated as Alwinton, and agriculture is still much in evidence with cattle often to be seen grazing alongside the river. The area has much history, a pele tower at Hepple, the remains of a castle at Harbottle, an ancient well at Holystone and the area was always prominent in the years of Border warfare and reiving.

 Alwinton