Independent Schools in Northumberland

Covering an area of some 1,942 square miles Northumberland has a population of 310,000.

This is not to say that Northumberland is anything but a naturally lovely, if at times wild, county.

Other main towns in the county are Berwick-upon-Tweed, which has changed hands between England and Scotland numerous times over the centuries and has it's local football team playing in the Scottish League, and Hexham.

Among the phyiscal feature Northumberland has to offer are the Cheviot Hills, the rivers Tweed and upper Tyne of Northumberland National Park, Holy Island and part of Hadrian's Wall. Northumberland, due to it's location, has the distinction of having the greatest number of castles of any of the British counties. The original kingdom of Northumbria was heavily influenced by the raiders from Scandinavia in the Dark Ages.

Today's Northumberland lists Sheep farming as it's highest earning productive source.

Once part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, Northumberland found itself torn into Northumberland and Tyne and Wear thanks to the government redrawing of county boundaries in 1974. The new county obviously deriving its name from the two major rivers of the region.

Tyne and Wear is centred on the cities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland with the town of Morpeth being awarded the honour of being the adminstration centre for the 'new' Northumberland.

Hence the county now covers some 1943 square miles nestled quite comfortably south of the Anglo-Scottish border.

Although nearly nine times larger than the newer county of Tyne and Wear it has a population of just under a quarter of that of the metropolitan cousin.

Includes places like: Alnwick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Morpeth, Hexham, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Results for Northumberland: from Independentschools.com

Results for Northumberland: from boardingschools.co.uk

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Northumberland Independent Schools

Ascham House School - DAY
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
NE3 1NH
Ascham House School - DAY PREP
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
NE3 4ES
Dilston College of Further Education
Corbridge, Northumberland
NE45 5RJ
Eastcliffe School - DAY
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
NE3 1NE
Longridge Towers School - BRD
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
TD15 2XQ
Mowden Hall School - BRD
Stocksfield, Northumberland
NE43 7TP
Nunnykirk Hall - BRD
Morpeth, Northumberland
NE61 4PB
Rock Hall School
Alnwick, Northumberland
NE66 3SE
St Oswald's School
Alnwick, Northumberland
NE66 2NU
Westfield School - DAY
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland
NE3 4HS