BAMBURGH CASTLE Northumberland
Bamburgh is perhaps most famously the court of King Oswald of Northumbria - later St Oswald - who founded the priory at Lindisfarne
ALAMY X7
TOWER OF JOY
Medieval writer Thomas Malory reports that some believed Bamburgh to be the fabled Joyous Gard, home of the Arthurian knight Lancelot.
GETTING THERE
Bamburgh Castle is 53 miles north of Newcastle and easily accessible from the A1. Take the B1342 towards Bamburgh. Regular buses run from Berwick-upon Tweed.
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