The best running trails around Rochester

This route section forms part of the Pennine Way and crosses potentially boggy ground. The duckboards here help you make progress across what would otherwise be not that good a footpath. Otherwise it is typical Cheviot scenery of rolling moorland with a nearby forest.

At the heart of the national park sits the Coquet Valley with its river tumbling down its length like a wet snake. Wide open meadows and wild moorland is its trademark signature as it flows onwards to the charming town of Rothbury, its banks are a place of serenity for walkers, runners and cyclists.

This is a stunning section of the trail and so tranquil and serene. There are great valley views to be had and more than anything the Coquet is at its best here and looks stunning weaving its wet tail down towards Green Side hill.

At the heart of Northumberland sits the Coquet Valley, where the River Coquet tumbles through open meadows and wild moorland. Flowing from the Upper Coquet to the charming town of Rothbury, its banks are a place of serenity for walkers, runners and cyclists.

There is a junction of paths at Coquet Head. A lone, "in the middle of nowhere" signposts offers different routes here. The Chew Green Bypass is a Pennine Way alternative route, saving half a mile to the summit of Windy Gyle. It's 4 miles to Byrness over rough ground. If you like windswept, wild and rough terrain, and that kind of thing moves you, you are in the right place for it!

Chew Green used to be a Roman station, beyond Hadrian's Wall. The encampment here is right next to Dere Street (a Roman road). It was a five-phase complex of Roman military camps, including a semi-permanent Roman fort, and two fortlets, which were permanently occupied. Most of it is now simply indentations in the grass.

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Dere Street is the modern name for the Roman road built in AD 79-81 between York and the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. The route of Dere Street is well established across the Cheviot Hills and on to Melrose. The picture shows the England-Scotland border fence and the gate where Dere Street crosses into Scotland. This gate (which was hard to open in August 2022!) is located at Black Halls, between Brownhart Law and Blackhall Hill in the Cheviot Hills. It was inspiring and a great adventure to follow in the footsteps of history.