How to get to - Roughting Linn, Northumberland

Following publication of our " Roughting Linn II " image we've had many requests asking "How do I get to Roughting Linn".

Google Maps seems to show the wrong location, some 5 miles off, so we've put together this short post to get you there. It's somewhat hard to describe once you leave the B roads but here we go ....

(as always there are many alternate routes)

Roughting Linn - How to get there ...

1. Head into Northumberland and get onto the B6525 Northbound at Doddington, after approx 10-12 Kilometres you'll come to a crossroads with a white house on the right, turn left. Go to (3)


2. Alternatively get on to the A1 North and exit onto the B6353 for Fenwick, proceed through Fenwick and Lowick, when you pass the entrance to the Barmoor Castle Country Park, stay on the road and will change to the B6525. I around 400m pass a farm on the right, a further 400m should bring you to a crossroads with a white house on the left, turn right.


3. You REALLY need to refer to the Google map below here.


4. Proceed down this road until you pass a large wood on the right, then it is present on both sides. When the wood on the left disappears you will be at a crossroads (in the centre of the Google map below), turn left and there is space here to park several cars on the verge.


5. Walk back to the crossroads, cross to the other side and proceed down the track for around 50 metres where you should find a small track heading off to the left, if you can hear the waterfall you've gone too far.


6. Follow this track down into the gulley and round to the right, like a horseshoe, and you should come to the burn.


7. Follow the burn to the waterfall.


8. Bingo

** As always, be careful as it is a track and not a footpath, the rocks can be slippery and if it's been raining a lot then the falls could be in full spate.

N.B. While you're there you can take a look at the Neolithic rock art. Back up to the track, cross over and look for the flat rocky area.

Map ...

That was the way we did it.

Relevant Links

Roughting Linn Rock Art

Northumberland Landscapes - Roughting Linn

Roughting Linn waterfall on the Broomridgedean Burn, Northumberland

Roughting Linn

Travelling around in the countryside looking for viable Northumberland landscapes is an enjoyable pastime anyway but so much more so when you find a gem like Roughting Linn!!

This has got to be our best find to date and at times will leave you wondering whether your anywhere near it at all but persevere and you will be rewarded with a delightfull fairy-tale dell into which the Roughting Linn drops on the course of the Broomridgedean Burn.

Like kids in the sweet shop we explored every inch of this magical place, taking many shots, far more than we needed.

The water flow level was just enough to give us a nice effect but not too much to blanket everything in mist and prevent you getting closer. Blind luck!

Click.

There wasn't a coffee or cake shop here, sadly :-(

The Shot

The light levels were low enough in the dell to allow a slow enough exposure without filters, especially if you composed without the sky.

A quick behind-the-scenes shot, courtesy of Jill

More Info

While we were here another visitor appeared and asked us if we knew where the Neolithic rock art was. Funnily enough we did, it was on our route card for the visit, off he went. We checked it out later, 50 yards or so on the other side of the main path we descended from. They are definitely visible but there isn't much contrast between the art and the surrounding rock, may be better after rain.

Links

Go This Place - Roughting Linn

The Modern Antiquarian - Neolithic Rock Art

Getting There

Just on the crossroads there is a verge big enough for a few cars, park here, cross back to the other side and walk up the path towards the farm, if you are still on the main path by the time you hear the falls then you have gone too far. After 40 yards (ish) you will see a track heading down the hill on the left. Follow this track down the hill and around in a horseshoe until you enter the dell where the fall is. Be careful on the track, as of May 2015 a tree fall has destroyed part of the track and a little scrambling is required.