St. Oswald’s Way is a long-distance walking route, exploring some of the landscapes and history of

Northumberland Northumberland () is a ceremonial counties of England, county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Ab ...

, England’s most northerly county. There are castles, coastline, islands, river valleys, hills, villages, forest and farmland on the walk. From Holy Island (Lindisfarne) in the north, St. Oswald’s Way follows the Northumbrian coast south to Warkworth, before heading inland to Hadrian's Wall and

Heavenfield The Battle of Heavenfield was fought in 633 or 634 between a Northumbrian army under Oswald of Bernicia and a Welsh army under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. The battle resulted in a decisive Northumbrian victory. The ''Annales Cambriae'' (Anna ...

, a distance of 97 miles (156 km). Between the landward end of the Holy Island causeway and Warkworth the route coincides with the

Northumberland Coast Path The Northumberland Coast Path is a long distance path in Northumberland in northern England. It now forms part of the England Coast Path. The path starts at Cresswell and then heads north along the coast through Amble and Warkworth, where ...

. The route was launched in 2006 and links some of the places associated with St. Oswald, the king of Northumbria in the early seventh-century, who played a major part in bringing Christianity to his people. The route leads from

Bamburgh Castle Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is a Grade I listed building. The site was originally the location of a Celtic Brittonic fort known as ''Din Guarie'' and may ha ...

to the site of the

Battle of Heavenfield The Battle of Heavenfield was fought in 633 or 634 between a Northumbrian army under Oswald of Bernicia and a Welsh army under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. The battle resulted in a decisive Northumbrian victory. The ''Annales Cambriae'' (Anna ...

near

Chollerford Chollerford is a village in Northumberland, England, approximately four miles (seven km) north of Hexham (via the A6079 road) on the B6318, the Military Road, not far from Hadrian's Wall. There is a roundabout in the village where the B6318 and ...

, passing through

Alnmouth Alnmouth () is a coastal village in Northumberland, England, situated east-south-east of Alnwick. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 562, reducing to 445 at the 2011 Census. Located at the mouth of the River Aln, the vill ...

, Felton, and

Rothbury Rothbury is a market town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the River Coquet. It is northwest of Morpeth and of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the 2001 Census, it had a population of 2,107. Rothbury emerged as an important town bec ...

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{{reflist Long-distance footpaths in England Footpaths in Northumberland