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May 2021
Northumberland Folk
Museums Northumberland presents ‘Northumberland Folk’, a series of four new exhibitions by illustrator Jonny Hannah. Discover some of Northumberland’s strangest stories and most absorbing characters through Jonny’s extraordinary paintings and prints. The exhibition will introduce lesser-known folk tales and curious customs, past and present, real and imagined, with tours at 10.30am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. The vast array of Northumbrian stories you will see illustrated in the exhibitions have been drawn from our museum collections, inspired by…
Find out more »Northumberland Folk
Museums Northumberland presents ‘Northumberland Folk’, a series of four new exhibitions by illustrator Jonny Hannah. Discover some of Northumberland’s strangest stories and most absorbing characters through Jonny’s extraordinary paintings and prints. The exhibition will introduce lesser-known folk tales and curious customs, past and present, real and imagined, with tours at 10.30am, 11.30am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. The vast array of Northumbrian stories you will see illustrated in the exhibitions have been drawn from our museum collections, inspired by…
Find out more »Viking Tour of Holy Island and Bamburgh (from Newcastle)
Rob of LUNDGREN TOURS is providing a Viking coach tour of Holy Island and Bamburgh (from Newcastle). He dresses in costume as a Viking Warrior called ‘Ragnar’. He will be providing an informative and entertaining guided tour of the island with some free time included. This will be followed by a visit to Bamburgh Castle where customers will have the option to explore the castle grounds. The theme for Bamburgh is influenced by the popular Netflix series ‘The Last Kingdom’…
Find out more »Walk The Pilgrim’s Way to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne
The Pilgrim’s Way traces its history back to the 7th Century. It has a tale or two to tell of Anglo-Saxon Kings of Northumbria, Irish-Celtic Christian Saints, Vikings, miracles and so much more of our history is embedded in the sand beneath your feet, as you walk across the sea to Holy Island. Add in the remarkable wildlife, hundreds of ‘singing’ seals hauled out on the sandbars and those big Northumberland skies, then you have one great Experience. The walks start…
Find out more »Seahouses Sellerbrations
Seahouses will be a blaze of red and yellow for Northumberland Day as the town's traders show their Northumbrian pride through an array of different decorations, including charity plantings within bras and jeans, which are helping to raise money breast and prostate cancer, thanks to an initiative by Bloomin Bootiful. Scotty’s the Butcher, the Rolling Pig, the Spitting Feathers, Elan the Pizza restaurant, Coxon Ice Cream and Hook, the new Fish and Chip shop, are all looking towards making a…
Find out more »Northumberland Day Sunset Cruise to Longstone Lighthouse, the Farne Islands
Take a trip out to the Longstone Lighthouse in the Farne Islands with the Golden Gate. You leave the island just as the sun is setting giving amazing opportunities for photography on your way back to the harbour. The cost is £25.00 per person; children under 12 £15 ( Please note we can only take cash at the harbour.(Cash only at the Seahouses Harbour Office) or you can charter the whole boat for a group booking! 7PM SAIL PLEASE BE…
Find out more »The Ingram Valley Farm Safari
The Safari at Ingram Valley Farm in Northumberland National Park is one of seventy National Park Experiences in England. Join your Safari Guide and climb aboard our Traxter Safari off-road vehicle to explore and discover a landscape formed 10,000 years ago as the ice retreated to leave an upland open tundra in the heart of Northumberland. The farm has been looked after by the same family since the 1940s. Their care and stewardship of the land and the history of…
Find out more »Elegy & Hope – a Festival of Flame
Hexham Community Partnership (HCP) presents Elegy & Hope – a Festival of Flame event on Monday 31st May 2021. There was no festival of Flame in 2020, so it is a welcome return that will see Hexham Abbey once again flooded with candlelight, music, art and poetry. With a very different feel from the Vikings-inspired launch event in 2019, Elegy & Hope is an act of collective remembrance - a chance to pause, reflect and remember those who have…
Find out more »Sunset Cruise to Longstone Island, the Farne Islands
Take a trip out to the Longstone Lighthouse in the Farne Islands with the Golden Gate. You leave the island just as the sun is setting giving amazing opportunities for photography on your way back to the harbour. The cost is £25.00 per person; children under 12 £15 ( Please note we can only take cash at the harbour.(Cash only at the Seahouses Harbour Office) or you can charter the whole boat for a group booking! 7PM SAIL PLEASE BE…
Find out more »June 2021
Walk The Pilgrim’s Way to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne
The Pilgrim’s Way traces its history back to the 7th Century. It has a tale or two to tell of Anglo-Saxon Kings of Northumbria, Irish-Celtic Christian Saints, Vikings, miracles and so much more of our history is embedded in the sand beneath your feet, as you walk across the sea to Holy Island. Add in the remarkable wildlife, hundreds of ‘singing’ seals hauled out on the sandbars and those big Northumberland skies, then you have one great Experience. The walks…
Find out more »The Ingram Valley Farm Safari
The Safari at Ingram Valley Farm in Northumberland National Park is one of seventy National Park Experiences in England. Join your Safari Guide and climb aboard our Traxter Safari off-road vehicle to explore and discover a landscape formed 10,000 years ago as the ice retreated to leave an upland open tundra in the heart of Northumberland. The farm has been looked after by the same family since the 1940s. Their care and stewardship of the land and the history of…
Find out more »Derby Day Race Meeting
Enjoy exciting races at Hexham including the first Juvenile Hurdle of the year as well as the thrills from the Epsom Derby live on TV. Due to the current Covid-19 Regulations, the racecourse is unable to sell any admissions or hospitality packages for this Raceday. Please monitor the Hexham Racecourse website for any changes in guidance and call the office on 01434 606881 for ticket information and timings.
Find out more »Charity Abseil: Langley Castle
Channelling the spirit of medieval foes and Border Reivers, up to 220 people will be scaling the centuries-old walls (dating back to 1350), of Langley Castle Hotel, near Haydon Bridge, Northumberland on June 5-6, to raise money for Maggie’s cancer care, Newcastle. The super-resilient castle, which has withstood all that the centuries, fire and the treason of two of its owners have thrown at it, will now be allowing more remarkable people to do remarkable things, following a first…
Find out more »Summer Raceday
Join the action and relish some exciting National Hunt racing at Britain's Most Scenic Racecourse. Due to the current Covid-19 Regulations, the racecourse is unable to sell any admissions or hospitality packages for this Raceday. Please monitor the Hexham Racecourse website for any changes in guidance. For tickets and enquiries about timings, please call the racecourse on 01434 606881.
Find out more »May 2022
Northumberland Day Race Meeting
Hexham Racecourse is staging a race meeting that celebrates all things Northumberland and which is being done to help promote Northumberland Day. The evening meeting with thrill all race-goers and will help promote the message that Northumberland Day is on the horizon.
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