The water

Last updated: 20 February 2006

Kielder Water lies along the valley and is one of the pleasures of this country. It is a large water, held among forested hills, with a ferry in season, landings, a castle, and walks of its own along the shore. Families come for the day. Birds stand off in the bays. On a clear afternoon the far plantations are a single dark, and the water takes the sky.

It is a separate attraction. Enquiries about the ferry, the shore, landings and the castle should be directed to the operators of those facilities, who keep their own hours and their own notices. The Plashetts Parish Tourism Committee is glad to see visitors make a day of both, and does not administer the water.

Plashetts itself stands in the forested country of the same valley. The usual approach is the valley road, described under by road. The old incline is a remnant of the colliery and is not laid out as a walk; the memorial garden is the place from which that working is shown. Those who have come as far as the shore and wish to continue to the village will find a note under if you reach the water.

The mining sites associated with the former colliery are described under Mining. The name Plashetts, and the way it has been written on maps of different dates, is a short note of its own.