Top 20 reader pictures of Northumberland in January 2018

This gallery of the most popular reader pictures posted in January really shows off the beauty of Northumberland.

By The Newsroom

Published 6th Feb 2018, 12:45 BST

Updated 6th Feb 2018, 18:23 BST

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The first sunrise of 2018 from Low Newton by the Sea, by Hugh Campbell, which finished just outside the top 20 in January 2018, with 160 Facebook likes

Last month’s number one picture had 643 likes on our Facebook page.

Every day at facebook.com/nlandgazette, we share your images of the county under the banner, View of Northumberland.

Then each week in the Gazette, we feature the four which attracted the most likes the previous week.

Last month’s collection of the pick of the pics goes a long way to explaining why Northumberland was voted the best UK destination in the Reader Travel Awards 2018, organised by Wanderlust travel magazine, beating the likes of Cornwall, the Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire and the Lake District.