Seaton Delaval & Seghill

Seaton Delaval sits in south-east Northumberland around a Vanbrugh-designed country house, Seaton Delaval Hall, which dominates the village and is cared for by the National Trust. The hall’s large central saloon and flanking wings mark the estate alongside parkland and former service buildings. The village includes a mix of residential streets and surviving 19th-century buildings that record generations of local trade and landownership.

To the northwest, Seghill grew as a coal-mining village with terraces, pit entrances and former railway links shaping its street pattern; remnants of that industrial past remain in community halls and reclaimed ground. The settlements sit amid farmland and small woodlands, with public footpaths and bridleways crossing fields and linking lanes used by walkers and cyclists. Small workshops and a few shops provide local employment, while a primary school, churches and a war memorial reflect civic life and steady efforts to conserve the built and industrial heritage of the area.