Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Heritage Open Days in Northumberland 6th - 9th September

Heritage Open Days are your opportunity to re-discover Northumberland's incredible heritage, many of them might be right on your doorstep and you didn't even know! Running from Thursday 6th to Sunday 9th September there are a huge number of activities and attractions throwing open their doors to all. This is the 8th year that the events have been organised and promises to be the biggest and most succesful yet. The list really is extensive, where will you go and what will you discover? There is simply no excuse for staying at home this weekend!!

Visit the Northumberland County Council website to download a brochure or visit any of the links below for more information on all the events and activities in Northumberland.

Aln Valley Railway: Walks and Talks Lionheart Station, Lionheart Enterprise Park, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2HT
The Armstrongs’ Household and Farming Museum
North Charlton Farmhouse, North Charlton, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE67 5HX
Ashington Community Woods Off Lintonville Terrrace, Ashington, Northumberland
Clare Money: Open Studio Woodhorn Museum, QEII Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF
Grace Darling Genealogy Surgery Sessions Woodhorn Museum, QEII Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF
Oliver Kilbourn: My Life as a Pitman Woodhorn Museum, QEII Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF
Winding House Opening Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archive, QEII Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF
Woodhorn Narrow Gauge Railway Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archive, QEII Country Park, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF
Pompeii and Herculaneum: Illustrated Talk Bedlington Station Residents Association, 16 Station Street, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 7JN
St Cuthbert’s Church, Bedlington Church Lane, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 5EL
St John’s Parish Church, Bedlington North View, Sleekburn, Bedlington Station, Bedlington, Northumberland, NE22 7ED
1 Wallace Green 1 Wallace Green, 15 Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1EB
Archaeology and Artichokes Lions House Allotments, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland
Bank Hill Icehouse Bank Hill, 15 Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1AP
Belford Hall Belford, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, NE70 7EY
Berwick Castle Tour Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1NF
Berwick Watchtower West End, Tweedmouth, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2HE
Bondagers History Day Lady Waterford Hall, Ford Village, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2QA
Cumberland Bastion Coxon's Lane, 15 Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1DA
Ecological Self Build House 1 West Back Lane, Belford, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, NE70 7NR
Holy Trinity Church Wallace Greeen, 15 Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD5 1ED
Main Guard Palace Street, 15 Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1HN
Sandstell Fishing Shiel Sandstell Road, Spittal, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1RE
Spittal Fishing Shiel Sandstell Road, Spittal, 15 Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1RE
The Gunpowder Magazine 15 Railway Street, 15 Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1JG
The Masonic Hall Church Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1ET
The Old Gaol Wallace Greeen, 15 Railway Street, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1ED
The Tower Tour Ness Gate, Pier Road, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1HS
Blyth Battery South Beach, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 3PQ
Heritage Coffee Morning Open Learning Centre, The Blyth School, Community College, Chase Farm Drive, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 4JP
St Mary the Virgin, Horton Horton Road, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 4HH
Flodden Battlefield Walks The Flodden Monument, Branxton, Northumberland, TD12 4SN
Coanwood Friends Meeting House Coanwood, Northumberland, NE49 0PU
Dilston Physic Garden Dilston Physic Garden, Corbridge, Northumberland, NE45 5QZ
Guided Walks Around Historic Corbridge Village Car Park, Corbridge, Northumberland
St Nicholas’s Church, Cramlington Church Street, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 6QQ
Forum Cinema Market Place, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1XF
Hexham Abbey, Tours of the Old Court Beaumont Street, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3NB
Hexham Moothall and the Hexham Riot of 1761 Hallgate, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1XD
Medieval Hexham Self-Guided Tour Hexham Tourist Information Centre, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1QE
Ninebanks Literary and Heritage Celebration Ninebanks Church Hall, Ninebanks, West Allendale, Hexham, Northumberland, NE47 8DB
Secret Hexham Hexham, Northumberland
Wark Mechanics Institute and Town Hall: Victorian Library Main Street, Wark, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 3LG
The Hearth Main Road, Horsley, Northumberland, NE15 0NT
Kielder Observatory Kielder, Northumberland
Art Workshops at the Chantry Morpeth Chantry, Bridge Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1PJ
Bothal Castle Bothal, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 6SL
Bowls! An Exhibition Morpeth Bowls Club, Carlisle Park, Riverside, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1LW
Busman’s Holiday: A Coach Tour of the Morpeth District Morpeth Bus Station (Bay A), Sanderson Arcade, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1PB
Church of St James’ the Great, Morpeth Copper Chare, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1BP
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Morpeth St Mary's Field, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2QT
Collingwood House Oldgate, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1QF
From Past to the Present: Newgate & Oldgate Street Newgate Street/Oldgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland
Heritage Talk: Newminster Abbey Morpeth Library, The Willows, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1TA
Heritage Walk: Lynemouth & Ellington Lynemouth Resource Centre, Bridge Road, Lynemouth, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 5YJ
Heritage Walk: Wallington to Little Harle Tower Wallington Hall, Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 4AR
Matmaking Demonstrations: Woodhorn Matters Morpeth Methodist Church, Howard Terrace, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1HH
Mayor’s Parlour: Meet the Mayor Morpeth Town Hall, Market Place, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1LZ
Meet Morpeth’s Time Team! The Chantry, Bridge Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1PD
Mitford Church Mitford, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 3PZ
Morpeth Castle Carlisle Park, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 2PP
Morpeth’s Town Treasures Town Hall, Market Place, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1LZ
Old Morpeth on Film St James Community Centre, Well Way, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1BN
SNAP! Event at Morpeth Library Morpeth Library, Morpeth, Northumberland
Spinning a Yarn: St George’s United Reformed Church Bridge Street, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1PD
Sporting Morpeth Exhibition Town Hall, Market Place, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1LZ
St Andrew’s Church, Bothal St Andrew's Church, Bothal, Morpeth, Northumberland
The Elsdon Murder Walk Winter's Gibbet, Morpeth, Northumberland
Tommy’s Field: Allotments and the Community opp entrance to St George's Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland
Wallington Cambo, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 4AR
Biddlestone RC Chapel Biddlestone Village, Netherton, Northumberland, NE65 7DT
Hester Pit Disaster Exhibition New Hartley Memorial Hall, St Michael's Avenue, New Hartley, New Hartley, Northumberland, NE25 0RP
Newbiggin Maritime Centre Church Point, Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, NE64 6DB
St Bartholomew’s Church, Newbiggin Church Point, Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, NE64 6DR
Vallum Farm Artisans on the Wall, East Wallhouses, Military Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, NE18 0LL
History of Kirkley Hall Kirkley Hall, Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 0AQ
Holy Saviour Church, Milbourne Main Street, Milbourne, Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 0EE
Railway & Archive Film Screening St Mary's Church Hall, Thornhill Road, Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 9PZ
St Mary’s Church, Ponteland North Road, Ponteland, Northumberland, NE20 9UH
Spetchells Centre 58 Front Street, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 5AA
Cragside Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland, NE65 7PX
St Cuthbert’s House 192 Main Street, Seahouses, Northumberland, NE68 7UB
Seaton Delaval Hall Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, NE26 4QR
Watch House Museum 3 Rocky Island, Seaton Sluice, Northumberland, NE26 4RB
Cherryburn Mickley Square, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7DD
George Stephenson’s Birthplace Cottage Wylam, Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8BP

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