Great Whittington is an excellent place for walking, just a mile north of Hadrian’s Wall Path and two miles from the crossroads of the A68 and the B6318 (Military Road). It is an attractive, old and stone built village in the heart of Northumberland’s farming countryside.

The Queen’s Head Inn and restaurant, originally a 17th century coaching inn and recommended by all the leading guides for its food and real ales, attracts patrons from the north of England and beyond.

Bingfield and Hallington are hamlets within a few miles to the north and offer good B&B accommodation. Bingfield church has links with St Oswald and the Battle of Heavenfield (ad634). There is excellent fishing at Hallington reservoir and the ‘Reivers’ cycle route runs through the Parish. Steeple chasing at Downhills (on the Military Road) is popular with many people at regular point-to-point meetings. The Cheviot Hills offer panoramic views whilst exploring the unspoilt countryside of the Parish.

Nearby to the east is Matfen with a village shop and the Black Bull public house. The church at Matfen – Holy Trinity – has a fine steeple and was built by the Blackett family in the 1860s.