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Here are the news articles and press releases from Northumberland Tourism and partner tourism organisations across the county of Northumberland. You can browse the list below and also click the 'Explore the Map' tab at the top of the page to see where the news is taking place.

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Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team

Tuesday 10/07/2018

The Henfrey Trust have donated £12.5k to the Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team towards the £16k required to replace the...

Go WILD at Chillingham! Get behind the scenes and take a look at a herd frozen in time

Friday 21/07/2017

The Chillingham Wild Cattle Association (CWCA) has announced a rare experience for the public to visit parts of The Wild Cattle Park not usually se...

Wonderfolk at Woodhorn, a new interactive family trail opening this summer

Friday 21/07/2017

Woodhorn Museum has a new interactive family trail opening at the start of the school holidays!Visitors will meet Professor Parkyr, a w...

Proper food and drink festival welcomed back to Cramlington

Thursday 20/07/2017

The Cramlington Proper Food and Drink Festival is making a welcome return to the town. The event, which is free, attracted thousands of...

National Park to host a festival of activities in countdown to the grand opening of The Sill during National Parks Week 2017

Thursday 20/07/2017

On Saturday 29 July Northumberland National Park Authority will officially welcome its first visitors to The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Cen...

South Tynedale Railway transformation concludes

Monday 17/07/2017

The long-awaited unveiling of the South Tynedale Railway’s transformational changes brought about by a Heritage Lottery Fund grant, will take...

Sci-fi Feast for Fans

Friday 14/07/2017

Invasion VIII at Woodhorn Sunday 23rd July 2017Woodhorn will be the place to be if you are a lover of all things sci-fi and super hero ...

Homing Pigeons Celebrating 150 Years of Ashington

Friday 14/07/2017

As the town of Ashington marks its 150th anniversary with a programme of community events, Woodhorn Museum has engaged and celebrated wi...

Production company Shiver researching 'Robson Green's Coastal Lives'

Thursday 13/07/2017

Production company Shiver are on the look out for content to feature in their new TV series presented by Northumberland native, Robson Green. ...

Fresh Element awarded catering contract at The Sill

Tuesday 11/07/2017

Fresh Element, the gourmet experts behind BALTIC Kitchen, Garden Kitchen and Six Restaurant in Gateshead and Newcastle, has been awarded the cateri...

Beefeater Moor Farm reopens its doors with brand new look

Tuesday 11/07/2017

Restaurant’s stunning interior and mouth-watering menu caters for allSteak lovers of Northumberland can now rejoice - Beefeater M...

Looking to the Past for Inspiration at Woodhorn

Wednesday 05/07/2017

Vintage Car Rally and Last Chance to See Miners’ Strike Exhibition: Sunday 9 July 2017 This coming we...

Magical, musical production of Twelfth Night

Tuesday 04/07/2017

Twelfth Night (but not as you would know it) will be performed for one night only on Wednesday 12th July, 7pm, in the beautiful grounds of Alnwick ...

Battlesteads Hotel wins third regional award in two weeks

Monday 03/07/2017

Battlesteads Hotel & Restaurant in Wark, Northumberland, has been named winner of the Tourism and Hospitality Award at the second annual North ...

Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team

Wednesday 28/06/2017

On Sunday 25 June 2017, a total of 337 runners took part in the 7th annual Hadrian’s Wall Half Marathon, taking in some of the finest views N...

Is this St Aidan’s first church on Holy Island?

Tuesday 27/06/2017

Christianity’ in the North East, it was here that St Aidan established a monastery in AD635 and set out to convert the pagan Northumbrians. T...

Transformers take over Alnwick Castle

Tuesday 27/06/2017

Alnwick Castle in Northumberland adds yet another Hollywood blockbuster to its impressive and ever-growing list of film locations with the release ...