Microclimates in Northumberland

Its funny how words come into fashion and recently we have been hearing more and more about

micro climates. As this story board tells us the area around Millfield is a micro climate.

With annual rainfall at 650 mm compared to 950 in the Cheviots

and slightly more sunshine and warmer temperatures this is truly a lovely part of Northumberland.

Ancient woodlands in Northumberland

Around 8000 bc...some 2,000 years or so after the last of the ice had retreated, the woodland cover had established it across the North Northumberland plain. There were dense broadleave forests of oak, birch and pine. The rivers ran through marshy wetlands of willow and alder.

Higher up on the hills birch trees were more common.

Throughout the area there is a sense of history and despite some of the more modern developments this has never really been lost.