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Northumberlandia (Lady Of The North) 115.3m P55.3 (378ft) (DoBIH Hill ID: 16083) [JNSA 23759] County of Northumberland Definitive List summit.

The "Northumberlandia" project owes its origins to open-cast mining: The earth lying above the mineral resources to be mined (e.g., coal seams) – known in technical terms as "overburden" – is typically stored on a so-called "overburden dump." Europe's largest artificial mountain, "Sophienhöhe," was created this way in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As a landscape project, the overburden was used to create a reclining female figure called "Northumberlandia." However, from a ground perspective, little will be visible on site. To experience the outline of the sculpture of the lady, also known as the "Lady of the North," there is a plan sketch on the official website, which I have imported into the komoot image gallery (source: https://www.northumberlandia.com/ ).

Northumberlandia is an area where wildlife is a subject, insects and similar. There are some man made funny shaped hills that have loads of walking tracks. It is a public area with a dedicated car park, there is a cafe also.

Plessy Woods country park is a 100-acre area of woodland within a meander of the river Blyth. There are miles of walking trails within the country park and further along the wooded river valley. Look out for the carved wooden figures, a hobbit hole and other surprises. Also keep an eye out for the wildlife, Otters and Kingfishers live here. There is a cafe, toilets and information centre at the visitors’ centre.

Great walk about this land sculpture which opened in 2012

Crossing the non-biking paths of Plessey Woods usually gives me some tiredness, so this is a good moment to recover. The path is basically flat with few roots.

You can spot deer along this segment of the path

The world's largest human landform sculpture. Northumberlandia is a landmark feature designed by world renowned artist Charles Jencks. The Lady of the North' is around 34m high and 400m in length & has magnificent views across the Northumberland countryside.  In total around 1.5 million tonnes of soil and clay from Shotton Surface Mine has been used to create this piece of public art.