Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, we are unable to bring you our usual programme of activity for Northumberland Day 2020. However, what we do have are some competitions and a special image for you to share on social media. Head to our 2020 Zone page to find these. You will also find two education packs on our Education page, which you can use with your children whilst home schooling or just wanting to know more about Northumberland.
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May 2019
Northumberland Day Sport Festival
After running two previously successful events for previous Northumberland Days, Smile Through Sport are celebrating Northumberland Day 2019 with another sport festival for people with a disability. Sports that those with a disability can play or try are boccia, cricket, tennis and volleyball, so get that competitive head on and have some fun learning, or improving at playing these sports. What you do need to do, to get into the Northumberland Day spirit, is wear red or yellow…
Find out more »Land of Oak & Iron ‘Love Our Heritage’ Event
Watch out for the exact date of this event, which we are told will be a bit like 'Antiques Roadshow' meets show-and-tell. Intrigued? Come back for more details soon.
Find out more »Northumberland College Apprenticeship Celebration
Northumberland College will be heading to the businesses working with its apprentices and taking photos that will celebrate their work and the beautiful county. Northumberland Day heart logo images will accompany each picture, in an initiative that brings more businesses into contact with Northumberland Day.
Find out more »Launch of Oswald’s Whiteblade & St Aidan’s Beers: a Taste of Northumbria
The 2018 winner of our 'Northumbie' award for 'Best Foodie Event or Initiative', A Taste of Northumbria, will be launching a brand new beer called Oswald's Whiteblade, to coincide with the Northumberland Day weekend and another one to celebrate a Northumbrian heritage hero - St Aidan's beer. The St Oswald's beer is named in honour of a seventh-century warlord, who founded Lindisfarne and started a golden age in Northumbrian history. It is Oswald's purple and gold banner that inspired…
Find out more »Art Exhibition of Artworks by Young Children Painting in the Style of Turner
This art exhibition showcases young children's artistic talent, in a channelled way, as all of the young artists have tried to paint in the same style as the great artist J M W Turner. Head along to the exhibition and see just how talented these young artists are. Please note that the exhibition is not available for viewing during church services.
Find out more »Northumberland Kayak Fishing Competition
The Northumberland Kayak Fishing Competition is returning for the third year, this year being held on Saturday May 25 - the day before Northumberland Day. The event is a fundraiser for the RNLI and regularly sees well over 30 to 40 kayak anglers fishing each year. The event promotes safety on the water, good conduct and fish conservation and welcomes everyone from experienced kayak angler to beginner, although there is a minimum kit requirement, on safety grounds. The boundaries for…
Find out more »Seahouses Celebrates Northumberland Day
The coastal town of Seahouses will be a sea of red and yellow during the Northumberland Day weekend, when all the shops down the main street decorate their windows in the county colours, bunting festoons the street and some businesses go one further. There will be red and yellow Northumberland ice creams from award-winning ice cream maker Coxon's, Northumberland Day cake and cupcakes from One Coffee 1 and Northumberland Day Strawberry Cream Teas and a cake stall in the Seahouses…
Find out more »Alnwick Markets: Northumberland Day Market
Alnwick Markets will be staging a Northumberland Day Market on Saturday May. 25th in the Alnwick Market Square. As well as all the bustle of the traditional Northumbrian market, and the wonderful Northumbrian produce and artisan food and drink on hand to buy, there will be saxophonist, Jonny Diggens, providing musical entertainment throughout the day. This may not be all, so watch this space!
Find out more »Tree Trail Walk
The Friends of Ridley Park will be staging a very special event the day before Northumberland Day itself, when they invite anyone who loves nature and the great outdoors to join them for a Tree Trail Walk. With a 10am start, this is great for families and the great news is that it is free-of-charge! Discover the wide variety of trees in Ridley Park and then take to the Friends Pavilion for refreshments.
Find out more »Launch of Brand-new, Limited-Edition Sea Kelp Infused Gin: A Taste of Northumbria, Alnwick
The 2018 winner of the Northumbie Award for 'Best Foodie Event or Initiative', a Taste of Northumbria, is helping to celebrate Northumberland Day by launching its brand-new gin the day before the official big day. This will be an Alnmouth gin with interesting botanicals that make it a unique little tipple. The botanicals in question will include samphire, sea kelp, lavender, cardamom and pepper, which makes this gin truly extraordinary, as special licences are required to forage for sea kelp.…
Find out more »Langley Castle: Knight Tours & Local Produce
Langley Castle Hotel will be offering visitors tours of its historic battlements, which date from 1350 and which have withstood everything that the Border Reivers could throw at them. Offering glimpses of Hadrian's Wall on the horizon, and being home to a chapel once consecrated by Pope Leo XIII, the tour is one well worth taking - particularly as it is free during this Norhtumberland Day celebration and given by staff in knight costume. There will also be some local…
Find out more »Melanie’s Marvellous Northumbrian Food Celebration
Melanie's Tea Room in Newbiggin-on-Sea will be building on its success in the 2018 Northumbie Awards, by laying on a veritable feast of Northumbrian delights, concocted in her own kitchen and incorporating some of the county's natural and manufactured produce. Additionally, it is involving its community in its celebrations in a truly inspiring way. On May 25, some of last year's favourites, such as Northumberland Nettle Cheese scones and Felton Fruit Loaf will be returning to the menu, along with…
Find out more »Cheeseburn Sculpts an Inspiring Northumberland Day Experience
Head to Cheeseburn - ten acres of landscaped gardens, contemporary sculptures from around the world and unique sound installations throughout the grounds - for an inspiring Northumberland Day experience. On the 25th, 26th or 27th of May, there is the chance to see the proposals for Gillian Dickinson's next Young Sculptor, as well as 2018 Gillian Dickinson North East Young Sculptor winner Clare Townley's exhibition. Erin Dickson's glass chandelier will be available to view in the Stables. Also in attendance…
Find out more »Northumberland Day Sunset Cruise
Golden Gate Farne Island Boat Trips are organising a Northumberland Day Sunset Cruise, on Saturday May 25, which will see passengers sailing from Seahouses to Longstone Island, the outermost of the Farne Islands. This idyllic cruise will enable passengers to explore the island that was home to shipwreck heroine Grace Darling, with an hour's stay on the island and the chance to explore the Longstone Lighthouse. There should be amazing photographic opportunities as the boat heads back to the harbour…
Find out more »Alwinton Summer Concert: Counterpoise and the Art of Love
On Saturday May 25, the Church of St Michael and All Angels, in Alwinton in Upper Coquetdale, will be the setting for an atmospheric concert entitled 'Counterpoise and The Art of Love'. This theatrical presentation of the early life of Alma Mahler will feature songs by Alma and Gustav Mahler, amongst others, and songs from the melodrama Kokoschka's Doll, by John Casken, which focuses on the relationship between Alma and the painter Oskar Kokoschka. The church is a fascinating venue, set into the…
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