Northumberland Holiday Guide 2009
Centre (0191 515 5555 www.nationalglasscentre.com) offers taking place. Highlights include the EAT! NewcastleGateshead
a fascinating look into the history of glasswork, while also food festival, a veritable feast for the senses, each May;
providing workspace and showcasing the work of some of Sunderland International Airshow, the largest free air show
the country’s finest glass-makers. We recommend you call in
in Europe, which takes place on the seafront on the last
around lunchtime – the café is also excellent!
weekend of July. The SummerTyne festival spans July and
August and spreads from The Sage Gateshead to bring world
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens (0191 553 2323
music to the city. While, the NewcastleGateshead Winter
www.twmuseums.org.uk/sunderland) offers something
Festival in November and December, promises to bring joy
for everyone, with regular family events complementing the
to the winter months, with light shows, outdoor performance,
changing exhibitions. A permanent collection of paintings by
fireworks and ice skating.
L S Lowry (the artist considered the city his second home) is
another main attraction.
Durham, with its cobbled streets, traditional pubs and shops,
and of course the magnificent Durham Cathedral (0191 386
Each week in Tyne and Wear, there is something different
4266 www.durhamcathedral.co.uk), is a small city that is full
rosebery topping Hartlepool marina
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