National Trust - Cherryburn — Attraction in Prudhoe

Thomas Bewick 1753- 1828 who was born at Cherryburn cottage. At the age of 14 he worked as an apprentice in Newcastle. He was a wood engraver for printing, author, naturalist and ortohologist. Thomas's main passion was birds. Tha landscape around the cottage is unchanged and has beautiful scenery. We spent an hour here. Much smaller than other National Trust properties, but no less interesting, still packed with history and information. I would like to thank the staff at cherryburn, Norma, Violet & James who were very welcoming and friendly. Also, I'm paying foe a joint membership in which I shouldn't being disabled & they are the first to tell me. The grounds are disabled friendly & will put a ramp out to enter the printing room. There is a toilet. There is a small car park just outside of the entrance. Cherryburn is only open on Thursday & Fridays in which you need to make a reservation. Dogs are allowed, but on leads only. We came on Thursday 29th August and already looking ...

Cherryburn is a small site that has the cottage and farmhouse of Thomas Berwick. The staff are friendly and are knowledgeable and give you an introduction in the cottage. It’s amazing to know that roughly 13 people were staying in a small cottage. The Farmhouse has the equipment that Thomas Berwick used when he was printwork engravings, a volunteer is on site doing demonstrations and you can take some printworks with you. As you walk through to the back part of the farmhouse you see the history and items on display.

The garden is nice to walk around, the garden volunteers are friendly, nice to talking to them. We wanted some find out a particular flower we thought was nice, we spoke to the head gardener - Jordan, who is very nice and pleasant. She gave us the information we needed and gave us a flower bunch of different flowers from the garden which was very...

Although this is a small NT property it is nonetheless very interesting and gets 5 stars from me because of the super friendly staff. Jordan, who looks after the garden was particularly engaging and fun. The smaller house on this site is where Thomas Bewick was born whilst the larger house, now housing the print room and museum, was built later in the 1820s by his brother's family. You can see some of Thomas Bewick's original illustrations in the museum, as well as several portraits of him , and the tools he used for carving his fine images onto woodblocks for printing. In a rather nice touch, they will give you an instantly produced print in the print room straight from the 19th Century printing press. Oh yes, and the views across the valley from here are fabulous, I could sit and look at this view...