Bebbanburg/Bamburgh Castle

For those of you who are lovers of The Last Kingdom, you'll have heard of Bebbanburg, Uhtred's home... This was based on Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. It is a stunning place, on the beach and looming large at the end of Bamburgh High Street. Bamburgh was once the most important Anglo-Saxon fortress in Northumbria. It was seized by Vikings in 993AD...