Wooler is the largest settlement in the Cheviot Hills area, with a population of about 1950 and it has been a market town since the 13th C. The town endured frequent raids by marauding Scots between the 14th and 16th centuries and later suffered two disastrous fires, which accounts for the lack of pre Victorian buildings. Wooler remains the focal point for the Glendale and Cheviot area with a wide range of services.