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Read more: New Transformation Project at WalltownOpposite the wonderful Roman Army Museum on Hadrian’s Wall, an exciting new project is in the offing. The ‘Walltown Wider Horizons Project’ aims to transform the seventeen hectare site of a former quarry and countryside park, found just outside of Haltwhistle, into a lively yet sympathetic tourist attraction for visitors to the area. Key aims…
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Read more: Five Historical and Fantasy Film Locations In The NorthHarry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone @ Alnwick Castle, Northumberland The most well known one of this list, and one on which Alnwick Castle has cemented itself firmly into global consciousness. The outside of Alnwick Castle Bailey and the lawns is the location for the famous “flying lesson” scene in the first Harry Potter movie…
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Read more: Local Business Owner Invited to House of LordsGayle Foster, the owner of Vintage by the Tower in Corbridge, has been invited to the House of Lords as part of Small Business Britain. Gail has been dedicated to increasing the sustainability of her business, whilst also learning more about the environmental impact of running a small business, by taking additional classes. As any…
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Read more: Five Great Books Set In Northumberland1. Holy Island, L. J. Ross (DCI RYAN SERIES) Perhaps the most famous literary export from Northumberland, L.J. Ross currently lives and writes out of the market town of Hexham, and the DCI Ryan Series (beginning with Holy Island) is her most well known series. There are twenty-two currently in the series and more are…
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Read more: Upcoming: Big Garden BirdwatchIt’s the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch at the end of January (23rd-25th), and it’s a great time for you to take part in one of the largest (if not the largest) citizen science* projects in the world. Last year, over half a million people took part in the birdwatch, counting 9.1 million birds in Britain’s…
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Read more: Five Excellent Northern CheesesWhen putting together a cheeseboard with Northern products, you have a lot to choose from. In my other life (working in a specialist supermarket), I often get asked “which is your most local cheese?” or “which products are from Lancashire/Cumbria?” More and more often, people want to eat and drink locally, and to find out…
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Read more: Three Great Northern BakeriesThere’s few things in life that beat the smell and taste of freshy baked bread, out of the oven that day. Even better if you catch it when it’s been out for literally minutes and it’s still warm… I’m getting hungry just thinking about it! That being said, we have some amazing bakeries and patisseries…
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Read more: Happy New Year from The Northish Lass!It’s 2026 and I hope you all had a wonderful holiday period, and a lovely New Year, whatever that might have looked like for yourself and your friends and family! For myself, I had a relatively quiet Christmas, only having two days off from my other life in which I have to go out to…
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Read more: New Year, New Hobbies?Whisper it quietly, but it’s nearly 2026. I know! Where did 2025 go to?! How does it feel like it’s gone so quickly? Anyway, with the new year nearly upon us, it’s often a time when people are thinking about new and exciting things they might like to do. Well… allow me to suggest a…
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Read more: Places to go: RSPB Leighton MossIn need of a little bit of peace and quiet, or nature therapy? RSPB Leighton Moss, near Silverdale, is the perfect place to find it. There’s areas of the reserve that are accessible without an RSPB membership, such as visiting the Eric Morecambe Hide (found just off the Warton road (not accessible during very high…