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May 2018
Alnwick Market
Alnwick Market will be celebrating Northumberland Day on Saturday May 26, with a market full of local, fresh produce, Northumbrian-inspired produce and products, live music and children’s entertainment. Go along to meet some fabulous local producers and have fun at the same time!
Find out more »Exclusive! Launch of A New Northumbrian Gin!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to say ‘cin cin’ with the latest gin! Be one of the first to sample it and be able to say "I was there", by attending the launch at Taste of Northumbria in Alnwick!
Find out more »Tyne Valley Art Fair
View the work of local Northumbrian artists across all genres, at a free-admission art fair that attracts work varying enormously in subject matter, media, size and price. Artists include Anne Collier, Louis Liddle, Kate Stenhouse, Neill Woods, Maurice McNicholas, Millie Glenwright, Mike Forster and members of the Hexham Art Club. With something to suit everyone, fresh work at each show, a range of paintings by Northumbrian artists no longer with us, such as John Atkinson, James Alder, James Williamson Bell,…
Find out more »Marvels, Massacre & More!
Langley Castle, which championed the concept of 'Northumberland Day', will be staging its 2nd Northumberland Day event with another fabulous line-up of things to do, see, hear, eat and revel in. The Time Bandits will be back, but this time re-enacting the historical event of The Hexham Massacre of 1761, with period costumes, noise and lots of insight. Meanwhile, Kevin Robson of Wild Dog Outdoors will be giving people guided tours of the castle and, up on the battlements, a young…
Find out more »Melanie’s Tea Room Celebrates Northumberland Heritage!
Melanie's Tea Room in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea will be brimming with yellow and red decorations, flags and flowers, as a tea room which loves everything vintage celebrates Northumberland's heritage throughout the Bank Holiday weekend. The tearoom is planning a fabulous food celebration,which will involve the produce of suppliers such as Ringtons, Morwick Dairy, Fentimans, North Chocolates, Smartwater and its local bakers, butchers and fresh fish shop, just doors away. Melanie Martin is planning a menu to celebrate Northumbrian produce and this will…
Find out more »Amble Puffin Festival
The Amble Puffin Festival will be taking place between May 26 and 28, bringing puffin-themed fun and a load of other activities to the friendly port. The festival will include a craft fair, guided nature walks, bird watching, local history talks, arts and crafts, watersports and live music, with activities taking place around the town, with something for all age groups.
Find out more »Northumberland Day Walk: Hexham Ramblers
Keen outdoor enthusiasts, Hexham Ramblers, will be embarking on a 10-mile walk in North Northumberland/The Cheviots. Walkers will be wearing red and yellow and carrying a Northumberland flag, to demonstrate their pride in their county. Join them on their quest to celebrate the wonderful Northumbrian landscape!
Find out more »Beadnell Village Celebrations
Beadnell village will be a blaze of red and yellow, music, and other activities as it goes all out to win its second ‘Northumbie’ Award, having scooped the prize for 'Best Dressed Village' in 2017. If you want to know what passion for Northumberland means, Beadnell will be the place to be on Northumberland Day itself, with activities taking place around the village, as community groups work together to create a spectacle for residents and visitors alike. The celebrations will…
Find out more »North East Guides: Clennell to Russell’s Cairn Northumberland Day Walk
Big Northumberland Day supporters, North East Guides, will be passionately leading an 8-hour walk from Clennell Hall, through the glorious Northumberland landscape and on to the landmark of Russell's Cairn - a place steeped in mystery, sometimes associated with the death of Lord Francis Russell in 1585, when in a truce meeting with the Scottish Warden, Thomas Kerr, a supporter of Mary Queen of Scots, but also possibly named much earlier in 1252. Either way, this amazing walk, over 18…
Find out more »Launch of New Lindisfarne Fudge!
Alnwick Rum will be launching a new Lindisfarne Fudge to mark Northumberland Day 2018. This rum and raisin delight will sit alongside another four varieties of fudge that have also been developed as new taste bud ticklers, to provide visitors to the 'Alnick Rum Shop' (Taste of Northumbria) with something very special to enjoy. If that's not sufficient reason to head along, all visitors will be treated to a free glass of 'Northumbrian Kir Royale' (prosecco with Alnwick blackcurrant rum)…
Find out more »Boulmer Village Celebrations: Pop-Up Café
Boulmer, a small fishing village on the North Sea coast east of Alnwick, is planning a very special Northumberland Day celebration around its village hall. Boulmer Memorial Hall was founded in 1920 and is actually a World War 1 barracks hut from Berwick. It was bought by the villagers to commemorate the fallen in the First World War and has a special place in their hearts. The Hall has recently been renovated and has taken on a new lease of…
Find out more »The Vikings Are Coming!
The Northumbria Herred of the Vikings has invaded the castle to show what life was like. Explore the tented camp and enjoy talks and demonstrations. Included with admission at £10.95 for adults, £5 for children & £26 for a family ticket
Find out more »Northumberland Rocks Treasure Hunt: Druridge Bay
The Northumberland Rocks group is staging a free-to-attend rock-finding treasure hunt at Druridge Bay, to celebrate Northumberland Day. Painted rocks will be hidden for those keen to join the quest to find them - and then maybe join the Northumberland Rocks group when they discover how much fun this is. Just turn up, hide rocks if you have some, get those eyes peeled and share your finds on Facebook. You could even win a prize for doing that!
Find out more »Northumberland Rocks Treasure Hunt: Ridley Park
The Northumberland Rocks group is staging a free-to-attend rock-finding treasure hunts at Ridley Park in Blyth, to celebrate Northumberland Day. Painted rocks will be hidden for those keen to join the quest to find them - and then maybe join the Northumberland Rocks group when they discover how much fun this is. Just turn up, hide rocks if you have some, get those eyes peeled and share your finds on Facebook. You could even win a prize for doing that!
Find out more »Replica Roman Pottery Kiln Firing
At this great event for all the family, Potted History's Graham Taylor will be demonstrating the art of making ancient Roman pottery and firing a reconstruction of a Roman Pottery kiln. This is your chance to see how Roman pots would have been produced and find out about all the different types of pottery and for what the Romans would have used them. The event runs throughout the day, so get fired up and pop along to Vindolanda Roman Fort…
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