Hexham House of Correction operated as an institution between 1783 and 1865, and certainly would have been one of the most miserable places you could...

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...

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...

This library is far more than just a collection of books; it is one of the cultural and social centres of Hexham, located at the...

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...

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,...

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

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...

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...

Gibside is an 18th Century landscape garden and the former home of the Bowes-Lyon family, with miles of walks through wooded slopes, not to mention...

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...

Lead mining was an important industry in the North of England for a great many decades, and lots of people and communities relied on this...

This well-loved country home is set amongst woods, grounds and gardens. Step inside the Pre-Raphaelite Central Hall to take a journey through Northumbrian history, portrayed...

This beautiful piece of architecture is without a doubt one of the centrepieces of this small and interesting village in the Northumbria countryside. The...

The Discovery Museum is one of the cultural keys to Tyne and Wear and finding out more about this region of England and how it...

Newcastle is a city that has a long and interesting history to be told, and it is done here in a fascinating manner by this...

This area in the north of England has a long and proud tradition associated with the armed forces in Britain, and therefore it is a...

Tyne and Wear Archive Services holds the largest collection of archived material with regard to the northeast of England. Dating back several centuries, and...

The Sage Gateshead is a stunning centre, designed by Lord Norman Foster, for live music. The building towers over the River Tyne. It consists of...

The Vane Gallery was founded in 1997 as a cutting edge contemporary art space in the heart of Newcastle. The purpose of the gallery...

Forma is one of the leading galleries in the country for the production and exhibition of high quality contemporary art. The gallery is open...

Newcastle Central Library is an important social and cultural meeting point, at the very heart of the city. For generations, people have come here...

ISIS Arts is designed as a facility that can help to improve and develop the talent pool of artists in this area of the country....

Carling Academy Newcastle opened in 2005 with an exclusive, sell-out live performance by Sunderland rockers, The Futureheads. This mid-sized venue offers high quality facilities and...

The Workplace Gallery is a forward thinking artist led exhibition space. It concentrates largely on the work of young and emerging talent from the...

Two five-storey 16th and 17th Century merchant’s houses are some of the finest examples of preserved architecture from this period in the whole city....

The Side Gallery has decades of experience of collecting and displaying some of the finest documentary photographs that exists in the country, and from across...

The world famous Tyne Bridge spans Newcastle and Gateshead in the north east of England. Although it is the most famous of the bridges that...

The Theatre Royal is built in a classic style with a beautiful auditorium. It hosts many big travelling shows, including the RSC, so there...

The Folk Archive is based in the north-east of England, and is an innovative project that has brought together a great deal of documentation and...

Surviving amid 1960s city centre developments, this building displays features from all of its 700 year existence, from the remains of the 14th Century Augustinian...

Gateshead Central Library is located at the heart of this community. The library carries a large collection of books and texts, both fiction and...

There are over seven hundred pieces by local arts and craftspeople on display at the Shipley Art Gallery. Some of the disciplines that are...