Explore, experience and enjoy... Hexham Abbey. Originally a Benedictine Abbey, then an Augustinian Priory and the Parish Church of Hexham, this has been a place...

Located at the very heart of Hexham, the Queen’s Hall Arts Centre is the most important cultural building in the community. The grade II...

The Old Gaol in Hexham is a real piece of social history, and is a fascinating place for people to visit today. One can...

On the northern side of the River Tyne, this community would have been one of the most important positions in the Roman conquest of northern...

Hadrian’s Wall is one of the most famous man made constructions in Britain, and served as the man made defence point and border between the...

Aydon Castle is one of the best preserved examples of a 13th Century manor house anywhere in the United Kingdom. The brilliant piece of...

Housesteads Roman Fort is the best preserved Roman fort in Britain, and one of the largest, covering five acres. Sited approximately midway along Hadrian’s Wall,...

This three mile stretch of Hadrian’s Wall from Steel Rigg to Housesteads is part of the spectacular Hadrian’s Wall Path. The Romans utilised the natural...

This three mile section of Hadrian’s Wall offers some of the best preserved and most typical examples of the Roman remains to be seen along...

Allen Banks & Staward Gorge consists of miles of riverside and woodland walks in a beautiful wooded gorge, cut by the tumbling River Allen....

Opened in 1994, this museum is the culmination of a great deal of work by local volunteers who were looking for a way to preserve...

Kielder Water has a 27-mile shoreline making it the largest man-made lake in Western Europe. It is situated within the UK’s largest forest, which...

Cherryburn is the birthplace of a great artist. Thomas Berwick, Northumberland’s greatest wood engraver, was born here in 1753. Famous for his illustration of birds,...

Wylam Railway Museum opened in 1981 in celebration of the bi-centennial of George Stephenson, the ‘Father of Railways’, a Wylam born man. The small collection...

A National Trust property today, this magnificent house has been preserved so that future generations can appreciate the significance of it. One of the...