Rothbury is a small market town which straddles the River Coquet.  Shops, hotels and houses are clustered on the sloping banks of the river.  From all sides the views are magnificent - Cragside, Blaeberry Hill, Simonside, and in the far distance, the Cheviots. Rothbury has something to offer throughout the year. Rothbury has had a turbulent and bloody history.  In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the Coquet Valley was a pillaging ground for bands of Reivers who attacked and burned the town. Near the town's impressive All Saints' Parish Church stands the doorway and site of the seventeenth century Three Half Moons Inn. Follow the Heritage Trail for a deeper feeling for its history. A mile to the east of the town lies Cragside, the first house in the world to be lit by hydro electricity. To the west you pass through some of the most exquisite and peaceful countryside in Northumberland. To the south is Simonside, the Sacred Mountain and to the north lie the bleak Alnwick moors.