Gibside (No Comments)

Posted in Church, chapel, Countryside, Family facilities/activities, Nature reserve, Newcastle/Tyne & Wear, North East, Other buidlings, Park, The National Trust

400 acres of stunning 18th-century landscape garden. Read More

Holy Jesus Hospital (No Comments)

Posted in Family facilities/activities, Newcastle/Tyne & Wear, North East, Other, Other buidlings, The National Trust

700-years of existence and the Holy Jesus Hospital survives amid the city centre. Read More

Souter Lighthouse (No Comments)

Posted in Coastline, Family facilities/activities, Holiday cottages, Nature reserve, Newcastle/Tyne & Wear, North East, Other buidlings, The National Trust

Victorian lighthouse.  The first lighthouse to use alternating electric current. Read More

Washington Old Hall (No Comments)

Posted in Family facilities/activities, Gardens, Historic Houses, Newcastle/Tyne & Wear, North East, The National Trust

Manor house dating from the 17th-century with direct ancestral links to George Washington. Read More