Northumberland Holiday Guide 2009
Chatton Gallery Pot-a-Doodle-Doo
Chatton, nr Belford Scremerston, nr Berwick-upon-weed
01668 215494 01289 307107
www.chatton-gallery.co.uk www.potadoodledoo.com
Owned and run by artists Robert Turnbull and Zana Juppenplatz, Child-friendly craft centre with outdoor activities, quad bikes, shop,
Robert produces superb Northumberland landscapes whilst Zana restaurant and ceramic studio where kids can paint their own pots.
specialises in equestrian and wildlife painting. Their work is also on
display at the Bamburgh Gallery in Bamburgh village.
Holy Island (Lindisfarne) & Beal
Berwick, Tweedmouth & Spittal
Barn at Beal
Beal, nr Berwick
01289 381468
www.barnatbeal.com
The causeway to the tidal island of Lindisfarne joins the mainland
at Beal and whilst you’re waiting for the tide to go out, pop into the
new Visitor Centre, gift shop and café with displays explaining the
connections between the seasons, farming and the food we eat.
Lindisfarne Castle
Holy Island
01289 389244
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
The Tudor watchtower on top of this strange volcanic rock was
transformed by Sir Edwin Lutyens into a comfortable Arts & Crafts
country house with gardens by Gertrude Jekyll. The conversion was
commissioned by Edward Hudson, founder of Country Life magazine.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Gail Johnson
Lindisfarne Priory & Museum
Holy island
01289 389200
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Berwick Barracks
As important to the north as Canterbury is to the south, Lindisfarne
The Parade, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Priory was the cradle of Christianity in Saxon Northumbria and is still a
01289 304493
place of pilgrimage for Christians from all over the world. The Priory was
www.english-heritage.org.uk
a beacon of learning until its destruction by Viking raids and the visible
Berwick’s 18
th
century Barracks now houses three museums, two
ruins are mainly Medieval. The later Priory was destroyed by Henry VIII.
of which have a military theme. The first is ‘By Beat of Drum’ which
is a moving history of British infantrymen, whilst the second is the
regimental museum of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers (see also
Lindisfarne Castle, Peter Atkinson
Berwick Museum).
Berwick Castle
Berwick Station, Berwick-upon-Tweed
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Much of Berwick’s Medieval castle was demolished to make way for the
railway station and most of the stones were used to build the magnificent
Royal Border Bridge across the Tweed. Part of the castle’s curtain Wall
survives and still guards the aptly named Breakneck Stairs to the river.
Berwick Main Guard
Castle Terrace, Berwick-upon-Tweed
01289 330430
www.english-heritage.org.uk
The Main Guard is a Georgian guardhouse now home to the ‘The Story
of a Border Garrison Town’ exhibition.
Lindisfarne Heritage Centre
Berwick Ramparts
Holy Island
Berwick-upon-Tweed
01289 389004
www.english-heritage.org.uk
www.lindisfarne.org.uk
Berwick’s Elizabethan ramparts are nearly complete in every Tudor
The magnificent Lindisfarne Gospels, one of the world’s great art
detail and there is a circular walking trail around the entire length of the
treasures, were written here circa 700AD and though the original is in the
revetments and early artillery emplacements.
British Library, the centre has a ‘virtual’ copy as part of its ‘Turning the
Pages’ exhibition. There are also displays illustrating the life of the non-
Berwick Museum & Art Gallery
monastic residents of Lindisfarne and the island’s unique natural history.
The Clock Block, Berwick Barracks
NOTE: If you are visiting Lindisfarne don’t forget to check the safe Holy
01289 301869
Island crossing times at
www.northumberlandlife.org as Lindisfarne can
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only be reached at low tide.
Berwick Barracks has exhibits of local archaeology, costumes and
textiles as well as collections donated by Sir William Burrell and a rolling
Seahouses, Beadnell & Chathill
programme of art exhibitions illustrating Berwick and Border life.
Armstrong Household & Farming Museum
Chain Bridge Honey Farm North Charlton, Chathill
Horncliffe, nr Berwick 01665 579443
01289 386362
www.northcharltonfarm.co.uk
www.chainbridgehoney.co.uk Armstrong is one of the most famous of Border names (remember, an
Working apiary with a visitor centre exploring the art of beekeeping and Armstrong went to the moon!) and the family history of one branch of
the lifecycle of the honey bee. The shop sells everything from natural Armstrongs is lovingly recreated at this superb folk museum, whose
honey to beeswax polish, candles, cosmetics and natural remedies. entry fees are all donated to charity (restricted opening, please call first).
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