Articles related to "North East England"

The North East England Mining Archive and Research Centre (NEEMARC) is an archive of records relating to the coal mining industry in Northumberland and Durham.

Spread over a 300-acre site, exhibits from two distinct periods of history illustrate life during the time Britain became an industrial nation.

NewcastleGateshead stages its 2nd food festival showcasing the best of the region's food produce alongside culinary delights from its retailers, restaurants and hotels.

High in the Pennine Hills, Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum offers a incredible opportunity to encounter what life was like for Victorian lead miners

Five miles south-west of the Tyne bridge, that links Newcastle and Gateshead, the world's oldest working railway runs past a gorge spanned by the oldest railway bridge.

An amazing underwater aquarium with Europe's deepest viewing tunnel, The Deep is home to sharks, fish and now baby seahorses.

Throughout the nineteenth century, North-east England was the power house of the Industrial Revolution. "Carrying coals to Newcastle" was the ultimate futility.

Christmas festivities in Newcastle Gateshead include winter markets, ice skating, plays, and concerts. Enchanted Parks, Glow and the Glowmobiles also return in 2008.

With miles of sandy beaches, Northumberland is a great place for a family holiday and there are activities for the whole family to enjoy.

Discover Roman forts and barracks, unspoiled landscapes, objects from the Roman occupation of Britain under the rule of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.

The holiday season in Newcastle Gateshead is a community and international event with outdoor entertainment, lights,Christmas markets, caroling, contests and family fun.

Factory Nights, a concept developed by Rednile Projects Ltd., have been bringing artists in north-east of England together for the past couple of years.

A look at what fertility experts have been up to in the lab to advance infertility treatments for men.

The Venerable Bede was a Northumbrian monk who wrote a wide-ranging study of medieval England, a book which is still valued as a historical document.

Cuthbert was a monk and bishop who lived during some of the most important and exciting times in the history of medieval Christianity.

In a county noted for its castles, Dunstanburgh occupies a site so impressive that it was painted several times by Turner.

The new Frommer's 2009 guidebook to England and Wales covers London, Cardiff, the Cotswolds, Stonehenge and other top tourist spots, but omits some like Newcastle.

The northern county of Northumberland is home to Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans over 1500 years ago and stretching for 73 miles bordering Scotland and England.

St Aidan, from the monastic settlement on Iona, Scotland, founded a monastery off the wild North-east coast in 635AD, at the request of King Oswald of Northumbria.

Just after the crunch hit London, a new shopping center opens in the west of the capital. International group Westfield wants to beat existing malls in size and quality.

Oslo is located at the innermost northern point of the Oslo fjord. Decimated by Plague, 14 large fires, wars with Denmark and Sweden, all have shaped this wonderful city.

The scenery of Upper Weardale is characterised by a bleak beauty scattered with the relics of what was once the largest lead mining industry in the world.

Catherine Cookson country is a region of beautiful beaches and ancient sites, as well as being the setting for scores of books, television programmes and movies.

Upper Teesdale may be only a small area of County Durham, yet packed within it are several magnificent scenic set pieces, standing against a wild mountain backdrop.

The largest hoard of Anglo Saxon gold ever found has been discovered in a field in Staffordshire, north west England, by an amateur archaeologist with a metal detector.

A number of equine breeds across the globe are struggling to survive. Read about some of our most precious, beautiful and threatened horses and ponies.

From the Scottish Border, the River North Tyne runs through Britain's largest man-made forest, which itself encloses northern Europe's largest man-made lake.

During his career as an architect, Daniel Asher Alexander built a plethora of public buildings, many of which are still in use today.