Corbridge is one of the most historic villages in Britain. Once the most northerly town in the Roman Empire, ‘Corstopitum’ served the soldiers on Hadrian’s Wall – Corbridge Roman Town is now an English Heritage site just over a mile outside Corbridge village centre.

Here, you can see how people lived, worked and worshipped. The ‘Corbridge Hoard’ is here too. Discovered in 1964, it remains one of the most important archaeological finds from Roman Britain.

You’re spoilt for choice with local hostelries – CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale) lists seven, one dating back to 1300, and several serve imaginative gastro-pub fare. Popular with visitors are The Angel of Corbridge and The Black Bull. Corbridge is home to the Tynedale Beer Festival – a must for real ale fans in June.

There are good restaurants, including two Italians and several Indian restaurants, one offering a ‘curry train’ from Newcastle, featured on Michael Portillo’s Great British Railway Journeys. There’s a wealth of cafes and tea shops too as befits a destination village like Corbridge. These include the long-established Watling Coffee House and Tea & Tipple.

Corbridge Station is served by both Northern Line and TransPennine Express trains with regular services along the picturesque Tyne Valley line. Corbridge to Newcastle takes 37 minutes and Hexham is just six minutes away by train. Trains to Carlisle take an hour.

There are frequent bus services to Newcastle, Hexham and Carlisle and around the Tyne Valley.

Corbridge boasts an impressive range of shops. The village centre has a Co-op supermarket that opens 7am to 10pm seven days a week. For specialist and locally sourced food, there’s Corbridge Larder, which also has the Heron Cafe upstairs. There’s also a butcher’s, a greengrocer’s and an award-winning bakery. Corbridge is also famous for Brocksbushes Farm Shop on the A69/A68 Styford roundabout, where you can even pick your own fruit and veg!

The village is also home to a range of excellent independent shops, including the thriving bookshop, Forum Books, which hosts author events; several men’s and ladies’ outfitters and several vintage/antique stores.

The nearest general hospital with an urgent treatment centre is in Hexham but there is Corbridge Health Centre in Newcastle Road with is a GP practice.

Aside from Corbridge Roman Town, there are plenty of other attractions for residents. It is easy to access beautiful paths along the River Tyne, popular with dog walkers and people doing the River Tyne Trail and the nearest remains of Hadrian’s Wall are just four miles north. Hexham and its Abbey are within easy reach.

Little Tinklers is a private day nursery in Corbridge for birth to four years.

Corbridge C of E First School – motto, ‘be the best that we can be’ has a Forest School and a pre-school nursery for children turning two in the year they start.

Corbridge Middle School caters for nine-13-year-olds and feeds into Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham, which has a Sixth Form.

The nearest independent fee-paying school is Mowden Hall (part of the Prep Schools Trust), which is four miles away and open to boarding and day pupils, nursery to 13.