Activities
ALL FROM OUR DOOR
Corbridge Shopping Experience- Many exclusive individual shops for that special gift, variety of eating places from pubs to tea rooms/coffee shops and why not stroll by the banks of the River Tyne to round off a perfect day in our very special village.
Housesteads Roman Camp - clamber up to the amazing fort & take in the fabulous views along the wall.
Chesters Roman Fort
Vindolanda Roman Fort - on-going excavations to sit & watch & marvel at.
Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths & Museum @ Wallsend
National Hunt Racing @ Hexham Racecourse
Belsay Hall, Castle & Gardens - NEW FOR 2010-Visit the Extraordinary Measure Exhibition opening in May 2010.
Wallington Hall & Walled Gardens
Cragside
The Great North Museum - Newcastle. NEWLY OPENED in spring 2009. Collections from The Hancock Museum, Newcastle Universitiy's Museum of Antiquities & Hatton Gallery all under one roof. The region's main collections of archaeology, natural history & geology.
Durham Castle & Cathedral
Kielder Reservoir & Forest for walking or cycling.
LOOKING AHEAD:
Hexham Abbey Festival - 24th September to 3rd October 2010
inc Opera Della Luna- HMS Pinafore,
Handel's Messiah, & Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Belsay Hall, Morpeth- 'Extroardinary Measures' Art Exhibition (Art big & small!)
Hexham Races - Fri 1st Oct, Sat 9th Oct, Fri 5th Nov, Weds 17th Nov, Weds 8th Dec
5-7th November 2010- Bonfire Night & Tyne Tour Canoe Rally, Hexham
26th November 2010- Christmas Lights Switch On
11th December 2010- Hexham Christmas Market
Excavations- Watch the on-going excavations at Vindolanda Roman site up at Hadrian's Wall or be a volunteer!