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  • Things to do

    What would you like to do?

    • Get Active Outdoors
    • Explore Culture & Heritage
    • Enjoy Nature
    • Discover Dark Skies
    • Learning with the National Park

    We Recommend

    1. Guided Walks
    2. Walking Routes
    3. Historic Sites
    4. Where to Stargaze
    5. Cycling
  • Places to Visit

    Where would you like to go?

    • The Sill
    • Hadrian’s Wall
    • North Tyne & Redesdale
    • Coquetdale
    • The Cheviots

    We Recommend

    1. The Sill
    2. Sycamore Gap
    3. Breamish Valley
    4. Hareshaw Linn
    5. The Pennine Way
    6. The Cheviot
  • What's On

    What's on in the Park?

    • Visit The Sill
    • Discover The Lost Words Exhibition from 25th January
    • Book tickets for Lost Words – Told in Gold

    We Recommend

    1. Spoon Carving Workshop – 26th January
    2. Elsdon Guided Walk – 2nd February
    3. Whistle Making – 16th February
    4. Birds R Brill – 19th February
    5. Clay Jug Workshop – 23rd February
    6. Rustic Stool Making – 25th March
    7. Animation Workshop – 7th / 8th April
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    Eastburn, South Park, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 1BS

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    National Landscape Discovery Centre, Bardon Mill, Hexham, Northumberland, NE47 7AN

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News and press about the Park.

  • Barrowburn Cheviots with starry skies by Ian Glendinning

    Last Call for Dark Skies Grant

    Thursday 9th January

    Northumberland National Park Authority is encouraging residents and businesses inside...
  • Cheviot and Hedgehope

    Happy anniversary! 70 years of National Parks

    Thursday 19th December

    Seventy years ago today, Parliament passed the National Parks and...
  • Sycamore Gap in the snow on Hadrian's Wall

    Christmas Comes to Northumberland National Park

    Wednesday 20th November

    Northumberland National Park Authority is getting in the festive spirit...

  • New Exhibition inspired by Northumberland opens at The Sill

    Friday 15th November

    ‘Inspired by Our Land’ captures the unique and special qualities...
  • Katie Armstrong, who started volunteering at The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre in July 2018 whilst at Newcastle College collecting her award for the in the Young Person Award category

    Northumberland National Park Volunteers Recognised in National Awards

    Friday 15th November

    The awards, which took place at Kendal Mountain Festival on...

  • North East Tourist Centre Recognised in European Landscape Awards

    Friday 15th November

    The Sill was selected by the Department for Environment Food...
  • A digger working on peatland restoration on The Cheviot

    Peatland restoration of the Cheviot reaches new heights

    Thursday 12th September

    A major peatland restoration project covering an area roughly the...
  • Walltown Visitors Centre

    New Visitor Facilities Open at Walltown

    Tuesday 20th August

    New and improved visitor facilities have officially been opened by...
  • Hadrian's Wall snaking down towards Hotbank and Crag Lough

    Hadrian’s Wall named one of the UK’s most incredible sights by Lonely Planet

    Wednesday 14th August

    Hadrian’s Wall has been named the UK’s fifth most incredible...
  • a hen harrier in Northumberland

    Five in a row for Northumberland Hen Harriers

    Tuesday 6th August

    2019 was another successful year for rare and threatened hen...
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Eastburn, South Park,
Hexham, Northumberland
NE46 1BS

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Email: [email protected]

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