Shillmoor ancestry Rather than being a distant

Rather than being a distant viewer

It was painted in various moods by JMW Turner on his first visit to Northumberland in 1797 and several on subsequent visits to the area

This quintessentially northern summer scene

clouds drift overhead and the sea transforms from calm and gentle to wild and dramatic in moments

Once over the restraining weir

Shillmoor ancestry Rather than being a distantShillmoor Print 0014 The River Coquet rises high in The Cheviot hills and winds its way down the Coquet Valley, growing wider and more confident with every mile. Its icy waters rush and gurgle over rocks and under small bridges on its meandering route through the sheep flecked landscape. The flat, sheep cropped haugh at Shillmoor is a perfect place to stop and enjoy the rivers tuneful progress. Here the rocks form a natural pool, popular with