The Rothbury Estate

Landscape of the Rothbury Estate © John Millard

Thanks to more than 25,000 supporters, Northumberland Wildlife Trust and The Wildlife Trusts have completed the purchase of The Rothbury Estate.

People from across the UK and more than 50 other countries came together to make this once-in-a-generation opportunity a reality.

We are hugely grateful to everybody who supported this appear. Together, you have secured this extraordinary Northumberland landscape for nature, people and generations to come.

Welcome to The Rothbury Estate

Rolling moorlands, woodlands and wide-open starry skies. The Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is a place of rare beauty, steeped in human history.

This heart-shaped haven, stretching over 3,800 hectares, holds spectacular views, hidden valleys and rivers alive with life.

The Simonside Hills are famed for their rugged beauty and offer spectacular views across the Coquet Valley and all the way to the North Sea. The mighty Whin Sill - a sheet of dolerite rock formed 295 million years ago, when molten rock rose up from deep within the Earth - together with the exposed upland moors, gives this landscape its distinctive character. 

The estate had been in the ownership of the Percy family – the Dukes of Northumberland – for almost eight centuries and now it is in the care of The Wildlife Trusts for the benefit of people and wildlife.

Explore all this wild and wonderful place has to offer.

The Rothbury Estate thank you video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON0Vga8PwB4)

Explore The Rothbury Estate

Wildlife

Nature at The Rothbury Estate

Dive into the wildlife you might see if you visit. We take a look at some of the special species that call this landscape home

A wide view of rolling moorland covered in purple heather, stretching into the distance under a partly cloudy sky

Restoration

Farming and land management

Learn more about how we'll be managing the land with communities for people and nature

A vision for the future of The Rothbury Estate

Our vision is of a 40-mile nature corridor across Northern England, stretching from Druridge Bay in the east to the Scottish-English Border at Kielderhead and Whitelee National Nature Reserves, with The Rothbury Estate at its heart.  

With the communities who live and work on and around the estate, we are developing a vision for the future management of this remarkable landscape. With nature-friendly, regenerative farming, we will place nature’s recovery at the heart of the estate, while respecting the rural traditions of this region.

We will show how nature, community and the rural economy can work together, with people and wildlife thriving side-by-side. We will enhance public access so that more people, locally and from across the UK, can explore and learn about the history of the area and the wonderful wildlife found here. 