📌 Etal, Northumberland
★★
This short and easy circuit follows the River Till downstream from Etal village, exploring some of the other local scenic highlights (and lending an easy pun to this walk page’s name). In addition to the lovely river itself, there are a couple of ruined buildings to look out for: a medieval chantry chapel commissioned by the knight of Etal Castle, and an 18th or 19th century corn mill. The return is made via field footpaths, with the final section along roadside verges.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish off unclassified road at Etal Castle, west side of Etal
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NT 925392
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.646519,-2.120366
🚌 Bus to Etal
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 3 km / 2 mi | ▲ 30 m | ⌛ 1 hr
Features: 🏰 Etal Castle ★★; 💧 River Till; ⛪ St Mary’s Chapel; 🏠 Etal Barley Mill; 🏠 Etal ★
⬤ Easy | Wide, level riverside path with field paths & road verge (care required) for return. Path briefly faint / rough where it leaves the river, with a broken stile on our visit.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit: start – Etal Castle – River Till at ford – follow path downstream – St Mary’s Chapel – Etal Barley Mill – leave river at 🧭 NT 929406 – path south to join B6354 – Etal – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Cows & calves in one of the fields traversed on the return. Grey squirrels, butterflies, mallards, moorhens, swallows. Leaping fish in River Till.
Weather: Unbroken sunshine, temperature in high teens.
July 2022
