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Otterburn Mires

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Otterburn Mires is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Northumberland, covering 2.9 km². It is one of 101 SSSIs in the county. It is among the largest in the county. It lies inside Northumberland National Park National Park.

Other SSSIs nearby include Harbottle Moors and Holystone Burn Woods.

More places to visit near Otterburn Mires

Photo of the Northumberland National Park, a National Park in Northumberland, north east England.Iconic

Northumberland National Park

You’re inside itNational Park near Otterburn

England's emptiest national park — big skies, Hadrian's Wall and gold-tier dark skies.

Photo of the River Coquet, a 55-mile river running from Cheviot Hills to Amble, north east England.

River Coquet

River

A Northumberland river running from the Cheviots down a green valley past Rothbury and Warkworth to the sea at Amble.

6.6 km NE · Northumberland

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

7.2 km W · spans 8 counties

Photo of Alwinton, a village in Northumberland, north east England.

Alwinton

Village

The last village up Coquetdale, where the Alwin meets the Coquet, a remote start for walks into the high Cheviots.

8.5 km NE · Northumberland

Photo of Lady's Well, Holystone, a landmark in Northumberland, north east England.Highlight

Lady's Well, Holystone

Landmark near Holystone

A tranquil stone-lined pool among trees near Holystone, long a place of pilgrimage fed by a clear spring.

9.7 km E

Photo of St Cuthbert's Church, Elsdon, a church in Northumberland, north east England.

St Cuthbert's Church, Elsdon

Church near Elsdon

Redesdale's medieval parish church on its great green, once storing the bones of border dead beneath the porch.

10.7 km SE