WILDLIFE lovers are flocking to Kielder Water and Forest Park to see a spectacle of nature.

Thousands of crossbills have appeared in the forest, attracted by the abundance of seed offered by an excellent cone crop this yearForestry Commisson ornithologist Martin Davison said: “Some years the bird fails to show up at all, so getting such large numbers is very special. It’s impossible to say how many have arrived, but a guess could put it as high as 10,000 pairs. That could be the biggest breeding population in the country at the moment.”

Every year on Shrove Tuesday

Commencing at 2pm on Shrove Tuesday every year, the Duke of Northumberland starts the ‘game’ by throwing the football from the battlements of the Alnwick Castle barbican to the waiting crowd below. The game continues downhill to the pastures and is played on the pastures and the river Aln below the castle.
Spectators are welcome – but don’t get too close!

20 August 2011

 They sing about ‘Rocking All Over The World’ and now they are on their way to Alnwick!   Status Quo arrive at the Castle for a night to remember when this legendary band will rock the picturesque venue with their very own brand of rock & roll on Saturday 20^th August, in a show supported by The Northumberland Gazette.

With world-wide sales in excessive of 118 million units and 22 Top Ten British hit singles the Quo celebrated their 45^th anniversary in 2010 and still they maintain a hectic annual tour schedule, voted the hardest working band by PRS for the past two years. It is estimated that they have played to over 24 million people in 5,500 live shows and at Alnwick the promoters IML anticipate another great crowd. Read More »

Very much a traditional Northumbrian fishing village, Boulmer was once the haunt of smugglers. During the 18th and 19th centuries the village was the smuggling capital of Northumberland.Now however, this peaceful village consists of a row of cottages, one pub and a few fishing cobles.The name Boulmer, pronounced ‘Boomer’, is a derivation of Bulemer, from the old English bulan-mere (bulls mere).Boulmer has changed little in over 100 years and is one of the few true fishing villages left on the Northumberland Coast.The major change was the arrival of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.Set within a natur Read More »