In the 18th and 19th centuries Haltwhistle was a substantial industrial town with mining forming the backbone of its success.There was an open face coal mine up at Cawburn up close to Hadrian’s Wall and from there a small guauge railway line ran down into the town. Nowadays the Haltwhistle burn through which it ran is a nature trail with some lovely sections to explore.

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Faces in the rocks