Border Reiver Treasure Hunt - trail to hidden historical gems in the North Tyne and Redesdale

Treasure Hunt posterNational Parks Week offers hundreds of special family events to welcome visitors to the nation’s finest countryside. This year we celebrate the diverse cultural heritage of people, places and traditions in stunning scenery from Scotland to the South Downs.

Here in Northumberland, the National Park has joined forces with the award-winning museum of rural life – The Bellingham Heritage Centre, to offer families a holiday challenge with a Border Reiver Treasure Hunt. The clue trail takes people to nine hidden historical gems, off the beaten track, to discover the secrets of the past.

Participants are invited to follow the trail in any order to nine sites of the Border Reiver Country in the North Tyne and Redesdale to answer a question located at each site. When nine answers have been collected, participants go to the Bellingham Heritage Centre and, if all the answers are correct, they get a free family entry to the museum to find the final clue. The information desk will check each form and give each entry with ten correct answers a voucher for £5 to spend at local shops.

A further £5 will be donated in the participant’s name to the Northumberland National Park Good Nature Fund for conservation projects, to balance motoring emissions and help keep Northumberland a low carbon National Park.

Participants can start at any point on the trail and complete it in their own time during National Parks Week. The last day for prizes is Sunday 1 August. One entry per family or couple.

Entry forms are available at the Heritage Centre, at TiCs or National Park information points or can be downloaded from this website and www.bellingham-heritage.org.uk.

Download the Border Reiver Treasure Hunt trail

Contact: The Heritage Centre, Tel. 01434 220 050: TIC: 01434 220 616 info@bellingham-heritage.org.uk

National Park Centre, Once Brewed: Tel: 01434 344 396 tic.oncebrewed@nnpa.org.uk

There are many special themed events in the 15 areas of the UK’s National Park family during National Parks Week, and information can be found on www.nationalparks.gov.uk.

Media contact:

Frances Whitehead, Communications Officer
Northumberland National Park Authority

Email: communications@nnpa.org.uk
Telephone: 01434 611542
Fax: 01434 611692