Regional Attractions
Britain’s Best Kept Secret
Explore the Best of Northumbria
Northumbria is frequently described as “Britain’s best kept secret” with its abundance of beautiful beaches, magnificent castles, Roman heritage sites, stunning landscape, and friendly people. Probably the most famous attractions in the area are the two World Heritage sites, Hadrian’s Wall and Durham Cathedral, while Holy Island, a monastery since 870 AD is equally renowned. Also well known are the award winning “Blinking Eye” Millennium Bridge, Newcastle and Angel of the North, Britain’s largest sculpture. Newcastle is also renowned for its nightlife, recently nominated as the sixth best city in the world.
World Heritage Sites
- Hadrian’s Wall (45 mins car)
- Housesteads Fort (45 mins car)
- Vindolanda Fort (45 mins car)
- Chesters Fort (45 mins car)
- Durham Cathedral (35 mins car)
- Alnwick Castle* (Harry Potter film location) (45 mins car)
- Alnwick Garden & Treehouse* (45 mins car)
- Holy Island, Lindisfarne
- Beamish Open Air Museum* (40 mins car)
- Angel of the North – Britain’s largest sculpture
- Laing Art Gallery – traditional
- Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art contemporary
- Biscuit Factory – Britain’s biggest original art store and studios
- Newcastle United Football Club & St. James’ Park
- Gateshead International Stadium
- The Great North Run – in September/October
*Excellent for children
- Music
- The Playhouse, Whitley Bay
- The Saville Exchange, North Shields
- Sage Music Centre, Gateshead
- Newcastle Metro Arena
- City Hall, Newcastle
- Educational
- Hancock Museum*
- Discovery Museum*
- Centre for Life, unique science village, UK’s first biotech village*
- Seven Stories – the centre for children’s books*
- Cinemas*
- UCI Multiplex, Silverlink (5 mins car)
- Discovery Museum*
- ODEON Multiplex, Metro centre (20 mins car)
- Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle (15 mins car)
- Theatre
- The Playhouse, Whitley Bay
- The Priory, Tynemouth
- The Buddle, Wallsend
- Theatre Royal, Newcastle
- Tyne Theatre, Newcastle
- People’s Theatre, Newcastle
- The Custom House, South Shields
- The Empire, Sunderland
- National Trust Properties
- Washington Old Hall (of George Washington fame) (25 mins car)
- Souter Lighthouse (25 mins car)
- Cragside, Rothbury (first house in world with electricity) (35 mins car)
- Wallington Hall (35 mins car)
- Penshaw Monument (20 mins car)
- Sunderland (25 mins car)
- National Glass Centre*
- St Peter’s Church 674 AD
- Sunderland International Kite Festival*
- Sunderland Airshow*
- Washington (25 mins car)
- Washington Old Hall
- Washington Wildfowl Park*
- Washington Kite Festival*
*Excellent for children
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