Visitors to the Breamish Valley in Northumberland can now learn more about the area as a new sound trail is installed.

The audio trail explains the landscape, nature and history of the countryside ,using wind-up sound posts.

So far four boxes have been installed with the fifth awaiting installation once building works have been completed.

You can find the solar powered, wind-up information posts at the following locations:

• The Ingram Bridge Car Park
• The National Park Centre, Ingram;
• Bulby’s Wood
• Hartside, at the top of the valley road.
• A fifth sound box is waiting to be installed when work on Peggy Bell’s bridge has been completed.

Easy to use sound box

Five sound posts will be installed as part of the scheme. Pic NNPA

The boxes are easy to use and children will love working them.

You just point the dial at one of the 8 messages, turn the handle and listen.

Each box is powered by energy generated by its solar panel and topped up by the user.

The information can be updated and refreshed over time.

The sound trail has been installed by the National Park Authority in conjunction with Cheviot Futures, an initiative to improve the resilience of north Northumberland and the Scottish Borders to the impacts of climate change.

Chesterfield Town Trail

The hour-long Trail provides all sorts of fascinating information, highlighting 29 buildings and sites of interest in Chesterfield.  Starting at the Tourist Information Centre, the route circles the town centre and includes optional detours to Holy Trinity Church and Queen’s Park.

Peak District & Derbyshire Trails

Wild Peak -  Take a Walk on the Wild Side, will help you to discover more about the variety of landscapes and habitats of the Peak District, and enjoy getting out to experience for yourself the area’s birds, trees, flowers, butterflies, fungi, mammals and water creatures.

Kinder Scout Audio Trail – The Peak District’s most famous landmark, often on wild and lonely parts of the moor. This is a moderate grade walk that boasts stunning panoramic views from just about anywhere on the exposed plateau – weather permitting!

Edale Audio Trail - Singer-songwriter Sally Goldsmith takes you on a short, family-friendly, but information-packed tour onto the moors that surround Edale, where the struggle for access to the moors is revealed.

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