"Cragside" Rothbury, Northumberland, England. Cragside was the first house in the world to be lit using hydroelectric power. Built into a rocky hillside above a 4 km² forest garden, it was the country home of inventor Lord William Armstrong and has been in the care of the National Trust since 1977.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Armstrong,_1st_Baron_Armstrong

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cragside

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/cragside/

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There is one way 6 mile estate drive at Cragside that take you around the perimeter which I recommend. Also several walk through the estate with nearly a million trees planted in the mid 1800's.

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"Blackburn Falls" Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland

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"Nelly's Moss South Lake" Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland..( and rabbit)..!!

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Early "Rhododendrom" . In a few week there will be hundreds and thousands of bushes in full blossom...!!!

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